Pubs Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past!!!!

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:22 pm

Alistair Darling’s first Budget spells the death knell for traditional British pubs, Shropshire landlords claimed today.

Already 57 pubs a month are closing down across the country but after the Chancellor yesterday raised duty by 4p on a pint, 14p on a bottle of wine and an average of 55p on a bottle of spirits, county licensees say even more will be driven out of business.

Eddie Main, ex-secretary of the Telford and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association, said: “We are now witnessing the death throes of a once-great British institution - the pub trade.”

The Smoking Ban hasn't helped either has it???? :evil:

Plus the Government 'says' they want to CLAMP down on Binge Drinking and Kids drinking on the streets but only put a couple of pence on alchopops!!!! :roll:

It all sounds a bit like....'Education Education Education' and 'Crime & The Causes of Crime'....a load of soundbites that are bullshit!!!! :evil:

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:26 pm

"I'm not going to the pub anymore. A pint of John Smith's costs 4P MORE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!"

Oh please. :roll:

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:28 pm

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

"I'm not going to the pub anymore. A pint of John Smith's costs 4P MORE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!"

Oh please. :roll:

Aye, but that's 60p on a night out. :shock:

And double if I take the wife! :uhoh:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:30 pm

Mr Ripper wrote:

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

"I'm not going to the pub anymore. A pint of John Smith's costs 4P MORE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!"

Oh please. :roll:

Aye, but that's 60p on a night out. :shock:

And double if I take the wife! :uhoh:

So......

knitting...

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:31 pm

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

"I'm not going to the pub anymore. A pint of John Smith's costs 4P MORE! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!"

Oh please. :roll:

Who said that like????

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:35 pm

The Tories who evidently no longer frequent the Shropshire pubs rolfl

People will still go to pubs, end of

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:36 pm

Pubs have several objects in their way such asBeer prices & the Smoking ban but I think a big thing is the 'Morning after' breathalyser which is a big killer as blokes working 6 till 2 now darent go out for a few in case they get nicked on the way to work

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:40 pm

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

The Tories who evidently no longer frequent the Shropshire pubs rolfl

People will still go to pubs, end of

Not your Traditional/Local type Pubs they won't....they are going quicker than a Razzles fire damaged goods sale!!!! confised

The Night Clubs/Wine bars might stick around for awhile like!!!! confised

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:40 pm

It seems that only you and Andy Fordham will be hit so hard by this monumental rise in alcohol tax clappp

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:42 pm

BTW....I think people are missing the point to what I was originally saying aswell....the Government say they will do this/that etc but don't ever fecking do it!!!! confised

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:44 pm

MutleyRules wrote:

TheGingerPoolie wrote:

The Tories who evidently no longer frequent the Shropshire pubs rolfl

People will still go to pubs, end of

Not your Traditional/Local type Pubs they won't....they are going quicker than a Razzles fire damaged goods sale!!!! confised

The Night Clubs/Wine bars might stick around for awhile like!!!! confised

Business is business. We live in a capitalist society. They'll just have to compete with the rest of them. The Tories should be pleased that Labour are stimulating the economy - after all, that'd be their excuse when they'd do EXACTLY THE SAME upon the doctors' advice to appease the medical profession.

Besides, do you see Shropshire as having a nightclub scene? I'll always prefer real pubs over a Wetherspoon's or a bar but they can't just expect people to come in. And anyway, most of these kinds of pubs are frequented by "locals" who give you the look of death if you don't have 12 toes and a mangina

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:46 pm

They do do tax rises though.

Fookin' relentlessly.... :roll:

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:48 pm

Good job you left then, eh? :roll:

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:51 pm

To be honest spud, it's half the reason that I left. I'm not working seven months of the year for nowt. The other half was the intrusion on privacy.

Simple in my book.

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:57 pm

...hang on, intrusion on privacy and you're in China? clappp

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:05 pm

Yes mate, I assume you have visited also?? Or is it all press impressions??

Come and see me, see what you think??

A couple of board members already have and you might consult them also, because they both will be coming back.

TheGingerPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:12 pm

I like the place. I'd hardly say all the media furore over human rights in light of the Olympics is for nothing, though. Or the fact that this website is one of the few British ones you can look at, right?

One party states have their drawbacks too, I hardly think this place is worse for civil liberties than China, as beautiful as it may be.

So calm down dear :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 41357

You always get the biggest turnout to vote where there's only one candidiate. :wink:

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:13 pm

Not much of a Democracy in Tibet though eh?!?! confised

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 41357

They're being......'re-educated'. :roll:

mrs parmo · **Joined:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:25 pm **Posts:** 104

MutleyRules wrote:

Alistair Darling’s first Budget spells the death knell for traditional British pubs, Shropshire landlords claimed today.

Already 57 pubs a month are closing down across the country but after the Chancellor yesterday raised duty by 4p on a pint, 14p on a bottle of wine and an average of 55p on a bottle of spirits, county licensees say even more will be driven out of business.

Eddie Main, ex-secretary of the Telford and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association, said: “We are now witnessing the death throes of a once-great British institution - the pub trade.”

The Smoking Ban hasn't helped either has it???? :evil:

Plus the Government 'says' they want to CLAMP down on Binge Drinking and Kids drinking on the streets but only put a couple of pence on alchopops!!!! :roll:

It all sounds a bit like....'Education Education Education' and 'Crime & The Causes of Crime'....a load of soundbites that are bullshit!!!! :evil:

You only have to look at the numbers of good old traditional pubs for sale in Hartlepool, mine included.
sadx

very sad if you ask me.....

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:08 pm

mrs parmo wrote:

You only have to look at the numbers of good old traditional pubs for sale in Hartlepool, mine included.

Since when like? sadx

mrs parmo · **Joined:** Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:25 pm **Posts:** 104

Mr Ripper wrote:

mrs parmo wrote:

You only have to look at the numbers of good old traditional pubs for sale in Hartlepool, mine included.

Since when like? sadx

We put it up for sale before christmas sadx

grabec · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:35 pm

We'll all be in individual, hermetically-sealed bubbles soon. Watching films and drinking at home instead of going to the flicks and pubs, and communicating by message boards instead of in person, because we never go anywhere where we might meet anyone. Shopping on-line, too...the list is endless

Anyway, what will you do next, Mrs Parmo?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 41357

Mr Ripper wrote:

mrs parmo wrote:

You only have to look at the numbers of good old traditional pubs for sale in Hartlepool, mine included.

Since when like? sadx

JEEEZ..it's big enough, I've hit it with my undercarriage four times at least, coming in to land at Teesside airport. :laugh:

parmopooly · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:46 pm

it turns over quarter of a million evry year, but still it isn't enough for the Council or the pub company...................... they set their charges so high as to ensure you can't make any money yourself.......................I hope they all get AIDS - especially those at the Valuation Office and Hartlepool Borough Council........

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