In light of recent posts in this section, is the UK broken?
Off-topic but you've got be 17 in the UK. And they talk about raising it to 18 every so often (maybe they've done it already and I wasn't paying attention). And once you've passed your test be ready to pay way more than £500 for the most basic insurnace on the slowest, nastiest car.
In light of recent posts in this section, is the UK broken?
I WISH my son's insurance was on $800 ( roughly 500 lbs). He has very basic coverage - liability only - and it is over $1200 USD annually. Never had a wreck or ticket. And he drives a 13 year old Yukon, nothing expensive.![]()
I WISH my son's insurance was on $800 ( roughly 500 lbs). He has very basic coverage - liability only - and it is over $1200 USD annually. Never had a wreck or ticket. And he drives a 13 year old Yukon, nothing expensive.![]()
In light of recent posts in this section, is the UK broken?
Time to bump the drinking age up?
Putting it further out of legal reach isn't going to help. They're already under age, doesn't seem to stop them.Time to bump the drinking age up?
From the same research,
Highest rate of bullying: Turkey
and
Enjoy school most: Turkey
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You work for the Daily Mail?![]()
Time to bump the drinking age up?
Yeah, because prohibition works.As someone else said, the age is already 18 so these people are already underage. IMO alcohol should be illegal, but that probably wouldn't work either TBH, but if it was treated like weed and other illegal drugs it might discourage some people.
Did it ever work? Oh yes, back when it was head of an empire
Suggest watching Yes Prime Minister for more background. A fictional series that's strangely accurate, over 30 years old and still relevant. Only last week old Gordie was planning to cut spending on Trident which is exactly the story line from the first series all those years ago.
Yeah, because prohibition works.![]()
"But the report also says young people in the UK are materially well-off and enjoy a "high quality of school life".
So this means the richer you are in the UK. The more booze you drink ?
In light of recent posts in this section, is the UK broken?
It's a culture thing, and making alcohol less accesible or more expensive (as they are trying to do here in Scotland) will not change matters. We need to make alcohol more accesible and brought into family situations with moderate drinking to remove the stigma from it being 'special' and change our attitudes. How many stories that you hear start 'I was so drunk and...' Our kids are brought up believing that the only way you can have a good time is to have a drink, and you can't stop after a few drinks, you need to go to excess.
Last time I went to see a movie (that wasn't at a daytime discount sort of thing) it was about £25-30 for two of us.
Everything is cheaper up North. Standard Cineworld prices are £8 here in East London. Even more for central (Zone-1) London.That seems excessive. It's only £5-6 at our Cineworld and the most I ever paid for a ticket was £7.
Living on the edge of Oldham...