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An Internet campaign to ban Britain's treasury chief from the nation's pubs has struck a chord with the country's harried drinkers.
Earlier this month, treasury chief Alistair Darling raised taxes on cars and cigarettes, but it is his new alcohol duties — which raised the price of a pint of beer — that have gotten Britons' backs up.
So when a pub landlord in Darling's home town of Edinburgh barred the chancellor from his establishment, drinking holes across the country followed suit, posting pictures of the white-haired, bespectacled treasurer above the big red word "barred."
Bar manger Andrew Little at the Utopia pub, which kicked off the campaign, told The Associated Press the poster was put up "tongue-in-cheek," but the sentiment snowballed.
"It looks like we've touched a nerve," Little said.
Hundreds have joined Internet groups devoted to running Darling out of every pub in the country, and establishments from the Tap And Spile in the north England town of Lincoln to the Plough Inn in Finstock, near Oxford, said Darling would not allowed to partake of their booze.
The government has raised taxes on alcohol by 6% above the rate of inflation — which translates to an extra 4 pence (around 8 U.S. cents or 6 euro cents) for a pint of beer, 13 pence (around 26 U.S. cents or 18 euro cents) for a bottle of wine and 55 pence (around US$1.10 or 71 euro cents) a bottle for spirits such as whisky.
The duties are scheduled to rise by another 2% above inflation in each of the next four years.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Treasury Secretary.
Awesome.
Nobody has a better sense of humour than the Brits.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-03-27-britain-beer-tax_N.htm
I'd love to see people do that here to the President and Congress/Governor and state legislators whenever they pull stunts like that, but any establishment that did would be stormed by the FBI REAL quick.
I agree 100%, but what exactly do you think the FBI would charge them with?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the Treasury Secretary.
Awesome.
Nobody has a better sense of humour than the Brits.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-03-27-britain-beer-tax_N.htm
I hope he's a teetotaller
After our local smoking ban a few of the places that were going out of business refused to allow the city council members who voted for the ban into their businesses.
Amen to that.
