Thread by @DanielLambert29

Just want to clear up another little bit of nonsense the government is peddling. Alcohol excise has been around for quite a while. In fact it was first introduced in the 1640. So nearly 400 years ago.

The amazing article from the university of Leeds charts the history. eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/112466/3/Yeoma…

Reading over the history (happy to be corrected here) the current system was implemented in during the first world war. So some 100 years before Brexit and 60 years before the Uk joined the EEC.

But according to the government the Alcohol Reform proposal is a Brexit benefit! Now I’ve known all along that any EU country can impose and tax pretty much anything. For alcohol this has been a cash cow for the UK. This goes back 400 years.

So when @RishiSunak tells you he is reforming the excise on alcohol and it a Brexit Benefit he too is lying. This reform could have happened at any point in the last 90 years. It’s got nothing to do with EU membership. Moreover he’s making a total pigs ear of it.

The @wstauk and @WSTA_Miles have lobbied very loudly to government and whilst they know there 27 levels of nonsense is totally UNWORKABLE, still they press ahead.

The MSM media have all agreed with the wine industry which is why @Independent @FT @Daily_Expressuk and @Telegraph have now all printed detailed articles on this (see my thread form yesterday) and when I went on with @mrjamesob a couple months ago James got it too.

So yet again we find ourselves in a position where the UK Government, due to its sheer incompetence, is potentially going to reduce its ability to collect this historical tax because a tee total chancellor didn’t understand the difference between 3 and 27 levels of taxation. 🤦🏻

Finally it’s worth mentioning that the wine industry is very open to debating this with any member of government. I personally would be more than happy to go on TV or Radio and debate this. The government however are less keen, wonder why that is? Oh yeah it’s UNWORKABLE…

Hopefully people in #Wakefield and #TivertonandHonitonByElection will read this to get a really good idea of how well the government are at implementing ‘new’ ideas. Hint there not…