It is only the poorer people in our society (who are probably the one's who need a drink the most) who will be affected by the proposed price increases.

I would suggest this is just another 'scam' by the Government to raise cash.

The cheapest bar in the UK is rumoured to be the bar for MP's at Westminster, which is subsidised.

The Volstead act didn't work in the USA.

This proposal would probably just finish off the pub trade here in the UK.