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| Subject: ANCAPS Applaud: Pubs Ban UK Treasury Chief After Liquor Tax Hike Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:46 am | |
| EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — 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.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-03-27-britain-beer-tax_N.htm
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| Subject: Re: ANCAPS Applaud: Pubs Ban UK Treasury Chief After Liquor Tax Hike Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:48 pm | |
| The only place that gansgster should have in relation to bars, is behind them. |
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| Subject: Re: ANCAPS Applaud: Pubs Ban UK Treasury Chief After Liquor Tax Hike Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:54 pm | |
| Bwahahaha!!! |
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