Since the budget today I haven't heard a squeak out of ASH or Alcohol Concern.
Not only is minimum pricing not coming in. But shock, horror. NO tax rises on fags and booze.
This may be the quiet before the storm. I expect a whining like the sound of a 1000 vuvulesas in the coming days.
On that note I'm off for a drink and a fag*
*If you are a citizen of the USA. In the Uk, a fag, is slang for a cigarette.
In the USA, 'fag' is slang for something other than a cigarette.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. Just changed the wording of the sentence to reflect the cultural differences more clearly.
ReplyDelete*If you are a citizen of the USA. In the Uk, a fag, is slang for a cigarette.
ReplyDeleteUnless you happen to be a member of the Liberal Democrat Party (or one of its MP's or Ministers) .. in which case "fag" has the same meaning as it does everywhere else ..
Quite so Cap'n. How remiss of me.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget FE smokers and drinkers will be hammered by the rise in VAT. Until the new year we'll have to make the most of it. :)
ReplyDeleteCaptain H, Fag - 'A junior schoolboy acting as a servant to a senior schoolboy' then?
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