(satire – sort of)
Government ministers are proposing a minimum price of 45p a unit for Liberal Democrat MPS in England and Wales as part of a drive to reduce the too easy availability and selling out of Lib Dem politicians across the country.
The Home Office has launched a 10-week consultation on the plan, after pressure has been mounting on the government to follow Scotland’s lead, where the harmful effects of too many freely-available Liberal Democrat representatives in government has been all but stamped out.
The 45p minimum would mean a can of medium-strength Danny Alexander could not be sold for less than £1.56 and weak bitter Cleggs would only be available for at least £4.22.
Research carried out by Sheffield University for the government shows a 45p minimum could reduce the selling out of Liberal Democrat politicians by 4.3%, leading to 2,000 fewer losses of principles and 66,000 fewer stabbings in the back over a period of 10 years.
Ministers said plans to ban irresponsible multi-buy promotions – such as two-LibDems-for-the-price-of-one – were also actively being considered.
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good satire should always be double barrelled 😉
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Ha ha … I reckon you should be giving the government a commission Tom, what with all the material they keep handing you!
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Thanks Dave. Love your cartoons!
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How much for an Oaten shandy?
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It’s worth glancing at the ‘small print’ on the back-side of a bottle of Lib-dem and checking out the %ABV… that’s the percentage of ‘Absolute Blue Vote’ that the particular bottle represents. A bottle of Clegg Bitter, for instance, is high in ABV, whereas others might be weaker stuff.
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Is it just me, or is the decline in community pubs causing an increase in social isolation for hoards of Lib Dems?
Could the gerrymandering and Tory supporting supermarket empires be secretly involved in an arms race, to stop the practice of giving one case of cider away free to the undeserving poor.
Clearly, the road to oblivion should cost more?
If people existing in grinding poverty, unable to pay for all the essentials of life are to be truly punished, then social drinking should profit both the government and the CEO’s of the supermarket chains.
Having the gall to try and enjoy a drink is a privilege for the tax avoiding, fine wine and cocktails set, not the likes of people on low incomes.
They must eat vegetables and go to church and pray for their salvation and repent for their sin of being born feckless and poor.
If they must drink, they will jolly well pay full price for it!
Lib Dems of course tend to be concentrated in cider making reasons where the price of cider is less important than the price of their holiday home let or guest house business.
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Hand shandy?
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