Darling Would You Like A Drink?

After weeks of bad press and headaches over what to do with the economy Brown and his Darling need a drink, but tomorrow they just might make that even harder as tomorrow Darling will go before the house to give his second Budget speech and one which will not be happy reading for any one who likes a tipple now and then.

I here on the grape vine (and the grapes are not at all in joy with this) that tax will go up on our Wine, Beer and any thing which responsible grown ups like to drink after a long day. If the Pre-Budget any thing to go by our drink is going to be hit. In the Pre-Budget we had a 15% VAT cut but our Drink dutty was increase to sub the VAT cut.

36% of adults drink more than 4/3 units of alcohol on at least one day of the week. So it no wonder why they won't to put up tax. £400.60 billion we have spent on bail outs so far. Brown happy to have mass bail out for failed bankers like 'Fred the Shred' but to do this they take money out our pockets, throw drink tax .

There a reason why 90% of licensees believe that the Chancellor will once again ignore the pleas of the pub trade and increase duty which will kill of villege pubs nation wide. If the pubs go, so do 59,000 jobs and that not including the people who make the drink, the people who inport,sell and market and of cource write about it. I would like to know if whisky a drink made in Brown and his Darling constituency's will once agin be exempt for a tax increase? Or whether it will affect the price of the cheap drinks in the Commons in there non-licence bars?

So tomorrow we will find out if it is doom's day or just a budget day.



I will be in a pub in Westminster for the Bugget to get the latest news and the reaction of people in the pub from landlord to puber.

If you like a go at making your own Brown and his Darling South Park pic click HERE. If you like to do something to stop any tax hikes on drink click HERE.