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May 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - A bottle of whiskey will cost £14 in Scotland compared to just £10 for a supermarket own-brand in England
- Scottish Health Minister says move will save 500 lives a year
- Price of cider will more than double under proposals, while lager will cost more than £1 a can
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Daily Mail Reporter
07:53 EST, 14 May 2012
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13:39 EST, 14 May 2012
The Scottish Government has announced it wants to set a minimum price of 50p per unit of alcohol.
The measure is predicted to save 500 lives a year, and will see the price of a standard bottle of wine at 12.5% volume set at a minimum of £4.69 in Scotland, compared to £2.99 for the cheapest bottle of plonk in England.
The proposals raise the prospect of cross-border booze raids from Scots who wish to avoid paying up to two and a half times the current price of alcohol.
The price of a can of strong cider will rise from 45p to at least £1.17 under the planned changes.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon with during a visit to Glasgow Royal Infirmary where she announced the Scottish Government is planning to set a minimum price for alcohol
A 70cl bottle of whisky at 40% will cost no less than £14 – while south of the border a supermarket own-brand bottle won’t be much over £10.
HOW MUCH BOOZE WILL COST SCOTS AT 50p A UNIT
Tesco Value vodka, 70cl
26.2 units, now 34p per unit
Now: £8.72, After: £13.13
Tesco Value whisky, 70cl
28 units, now 36p per unit
Now: £9.97, After: £14.00
Tesco Strong dry cider, 4x440ml
9.3 units, now 20p per unit
Now: £1.80, After: £4.67
Tesco Lager, 4x500ml
8 units, now 28p per unit
Now: £2.24, After: £4.00
Tesco Simply Chenin Blanc, 750ml
9.4 units, now 38p per unit
Now: £3.49, After: £4.69
A similar-sized bottle of vodka at 37.5% will be at least £13.13, while it will cost less than £9 in some English supermarkets.
Meanwhile Scots will pay at least £1 for a can of lager while bulk-buy deals in England will knock the price down to around 65p.
Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon made the minimum pricing announcement during a visit to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
She said: ‘Cheap alcohol comes at a price and now is the time to tackle the toll that Scotland’s unhealthy relationship with alcohol is taking on our society.
‘Too many Scots are drinking themselves to death. The problem affects people of all walks of life.
‘It’s no coincidence that as affordability has increased, alcohol-related hospital admissions have quadrupled, and it is shocking that half of our prisoners now say they were drunk when they committed the offence. It’s time for this to stop.
‘Introducing a minimum price per unit will enable us to tackle these problems, given the clear link between affordability and consumption.’
‘There is now a groundswell of support for the policy across the medical profession, police forces, alcohol charities and from significant parts of the drinks and licensed trade industry who recognise the benefits minimum pricing can bring – saving lives and reducing crime.’
Raising the price of alcohol is expected to save 500 lives a year in Scotland
The Alcohol Minimum Pricing Bill is making its second passage through the Scottish Parliament after defeat in 2010 when the SNP was in a minority administration.
Labour is the only party not to have supported the revised legislation when it was debated at the first stage in March this year.
Earlier this month, MSPs agreed to a ‘sunset clause’ meaning the law could be scrapped in six years if the policy does not work.
MSPs have previously banned discount deals such as two-for-one on bottles of wine, restricted “irresponsible” drinks promotions and advertising around premises, and set a requirement for age verification.
The proposed minimum price first time round was 45p per unit.
Ms Sturgeon said: ‘Since 45p was first proposed as the minimum price 18 months ago, we have seen inflation of around five per cent. A minimum price of 50p takes this into account and will achieve a similar level of public health benefits to what 45p would have achieved in 2010.’
Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the British Medical Association in Scotland, said: ‘Despite efforts to encourage responsible retailing by supermarkets, they continue to sell high-alcohol products such as vodka and ciders at ridiculously cheap prices to entice customers to their store.
‘The trend for cheap alcohol and excessive consumption has a human cost. Alcohol-related illness causes one death every three hours in Scotland and the total healthcare costs are more than £268 million.
‘This increasing cost could cripple the NHS with a financial burden that is no longer sustainable, especially in the current financial climate.
‘A minimum price, as part of a wider strategy, could end Scotland’s heavy-drinking culture and I am proud that Scotland’s politicians are once again leading the world on public health policy.’
A spokesman for Alcohol Concern said: ‘With minimum pricing due to be introduced in England and Wales, the Government in Westminster should follow Scotland’s lead and set the minimum price to at least 50p to make a real difference.’
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Its not going to make blind nit of difference. I people want to drink they will drink no matter what the cost. Just an excuse to get more money out of us.
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there will now be a long court case, as this goes against the EU laws of free trade and the scottish goverment will loose costing the tax payer millions
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Won’t affect those who buy the expensive spirits and wines just the poor and the old who stay at home in evening for a cheap quiet drink. It won’t stop binge drinkers as if they are short of cash they will turn to crime so we will all lose out again. Anyone tried Isopropanol 99.8% alcohol mixed with a strong fruity mixer? it’s available and cheap in 5ltr containers, it’s what they use to make dodgy cheap vodka. It may rot your liver and kidneys faster so more people will colapse and keep AE extra busy.
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I visit Germany once a year. I went into Lidl and couldn’t believe the prices. Half litres of good German beer for dirt cheap, wine at about 1.75 a bottle, far cheaper than our prices. We Brits are being taken for mugs time and time again.
– I Know, UK Unfortunately, 14/5/2012 21:25
…………………………Which just goes to show that it’s not the price of alcohol that dictates how much people drink. We’re paying higher prices and still drink too much. So now (England/Wales is planning the same thing), we’ll be paying even higher prices and does anyone think it will make any difference to the amount consumed?
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The minimum pricing of alcohol has as much to do with reducing deaths and illness as speed cameras have in reducing speeds on the roads.
NOTHING !
TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX TAX AND NOTHING MORE !
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Thats hitting the Scots where it hurts, in the sporran ha ha
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Oh, well done DM for igniting the Scottish/English rivalry as per…
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What is all this nonsense about Scots all heading for England to get cheap booze? This is what Brits do at present in Europe of course with a day trip to France, but it’s not as if everybody is at it. Only those with means or the opportunity. Those that chose to sell their share on will be doing so illegally of course without a license. Two more things should happen, cigs to triple in price and certain drugs to be made legal and taxed.
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Ah Queen Nicola and King Alex think this will save lives. These two muppets want to run the country if Scotland get independence. They can’t run it now with their stupid ideas so God help us if Scotland does get it which myself and many other Scots do not want. Its all about making money. King Alex would not have allowed this a few years ago in his drinking days….
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Does that mean that in Scotland they will be paying the same amount for Tesco’s own alcohol as they will for the branded version? I suppose if they are going to charge by the unit then that is what will have to happen.
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