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[kenneal - lagger]

Apart from dodgy employment practises the main problem is their ability to avoid corporation tax by off shoring their profits. This means that they can undercut ethical local businesses with lower employment costs and because they have better margins on sales because of the much lower taxes that they pay.

For some reason governments don't seem to want to tackle this. I have suggested on a number of occasions to my MP that corporation tax should be scrapped on retailers and an across the board sales tax introduced in its place, with no get out clauses. That would level the playing field.
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[emordnilap]

[adam2]

I am sorry to say that I am considering a purchase from the dodgy tax avoiders.
I have a desire for a supply of Whitbread gold label barley wine, which despite being reduced in strength over the years is still a nice nourishing beer for the coming winter.

No one locally seems to sell it.

Probably some "voluntary" anti binge drinking measure. Though discouraging the sale of strong beer seems a bit silly when spirits at 40% ABV and up are still generally available.
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[kenneal - lagger]

I've used The Drink Shop before now but they don't sell any barley wine. The only one that I've found is this one
https://www.drinksupermarket.com/sir-keith-barley-wine-330ml

I don't know what it's like because I don't touch anything above 4.8% ABV with a barge pole. As a life long rugby player I've always gone for quantity above quality and usually drink beers below 4% ABV - 3.6 or 3.8 are my usual beer strengths.
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Action is the antidote to despair - Joan Baez

[adam2]