Personally I am beginning to wonder what planet Cameron, Cleg, Osbourne and many of the rest of them are on. In this particular instance why do they think a minimum price will stop the drunks? It may...
Do any abers live next to or in the vicinity of a church that rings its bells before services. I am visiting my daughter at the moment and the church along the road from her starts ringings it's bells...
This may have already hit AB, but didn'e see any irate drinkers, so, the question is: if the 40p per unit of spirit comes into force, how much difference will it make to a 13 pc alcahol wine? ASDA do...
Have listened to all that has been said about this post budget. 5 million pensioners is a very large body of voters. I remember years ago a Red Clydesider calling pensioners "The Sleeping...
Fuel is now at its highest, even before more tax is to be lumped in. Osbourne seems to have lost the plot so do we need a mass (peaceful) protest to educate the man? High fuel prices not only affect...
Well, the young alba is on holiday next week and some AB'ers have had a swine of a week so why not start an early Friday party?? There's gin, red and white wine, lagers and ciders. Somewehere there's...
I've produced a handy 'look up table' to show the proposed *minimum* prices of various alcoholic beverages. For instance a pint of beer at 4% = 91p and a bottle of wine at 13.0% = £3.90 and a...
I wonder how many elderly people voted for the Lib-Dem, I also wonder did they believe the cr@p & lies before the election from the nodding dog & his master, I also notice the blunt of the...
OK...you marvelous thinkers...over to you. I live in a small Norfolk village.It has a primary school,a few things like a good local shop with P.O, a chippy, hairdressers,Pub.We have had village fetes...
We're all in this together. I bet when those words were firsted uttered by smiley Dave no one thought he was going to rob the poor pensioners to give a tax cut to the highest paid earners....
Can't believe what a numpty I am! When I started using AB, I was mildly surprised that there were a few people with the unusual name of Tia. I've just posted a question, and signed it off Thanks In...
Pensioners taxed, they fought for us in war, they worked all their lives and paid into system but what makes me sick is seeing some fat slob standing outside the dole office smoking 20 figs a day with...
My sister is a bit down in the dumps at the moment (although she never moans). She's got an array of health problems, none overly serious but with them all at once she feels crap, her kids are being...