A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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Saturday, June 09, 2007
Latvians, fags and tax.
Some friends came from Latvia yesterday, a former prison officer, a serving prison officer, and two serving police officers. Odd guests at the Bates Motel. They brought me a 200 pack of Winston Red cigarettes. They tell me that they sell for 72p for 20 in Latvia. It reminded me when I could buy a 2oz pack of Old Holborn tobacco in prison in the 1970s for 72p. The same cigarettes I can buy on the black market in Hull for £2.50. Or, if I was crazy enough, £5 if I paid Gordon Brown's ridiculous tax. It got me to wondering how much tax is lost to the black market trade in cigarette tax? And, surely, now we are part of Europe our cigarettes should only be 72p for twenty?
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