Labour has a new leader (UK)

The lowest around here is £3.40 up to £5.00 for a pint.

Damn thats expensive for Britain, I was in a that pub under the Savoy a couple of weeks back which I expected to be top London prices and it was only £2.85.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

Always cheaper up north.

And better, not warm and headless

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by jumpy

^^

'cause it's grim up north, there has to be some recompense for living there

Quite a statement coming from a Midlander....your still stuck in the age of steam we hear

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by STEED

The lowest around here is £3.40 up to £5.00 for a pint.

£1.35 in my local and that includes dark ale and lager.

Originally Posted by Diopos

There is still a working class in Britain!?


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A dying breed apparently....unlike the criminal class which continues to grow unabated

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Quite a statement coming from a Midlander....your still stuck in the age of steam we hear

It's the reason we still have all of those canals full of rubbish and rusty shopping trolleys, it's less about ambiance, more the need for more steam. It's what powers the city council buildings and the dss offices and the job centre, don't cha know

[TarJak]

Steam powered buildings! What ever next? Steam powered internetz?

Interesting article on what didn't happen: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...IDNT-hear.html

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TarJak

Steam powered buildings! What ever next? Steam powered internetz?

Interesting article on what didn't happen: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...IDNT-hear.html

That is frighteningly accurate IMHO

If Ed doesn't 'deliver' to the unions he will last one failed election campaign at best.

I'm hoping to be 'somewhere' that David should be at in a week or two's time but I doubt he'll be making any reference of a similar nature during his conversations.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Some 10% of the votes from unions didn't count as they didn't tick the box confirming they were labour members!

And a pint in my village local is about £2.70 iirc from Saturday night

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

And a pint in my village local is about £2.70 iirc from Saturday night

You should try visiting sunny (LOL) South Shields

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

£1.35 in my local and that includes dark ale and lager.

I assume you're talking about the 568mL pint? In the Netherlands we use 220ml glasses, in our faculty's pub it's €0,42 a beer, so that's about £0.89 a pint. Or 30 beer (=12 pints) for €10 (= £8.50)

Outside of the campus, the cheapest I know is about £1.63 a pint.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

You should try visiting sunny (LOL) South Shields

Been on the pop in Whitley Bay, about eight years ago. That's near enough.

Originally Posted by DarkFish

I assume you're talking about the 568mL pint? In the Netherlands we use 220ml glasses, in our faculty's pub it's €0,42 a beer, so that's about £0.89 a pint. Or 30 beer (=12 pints) for €10 (= £8.50)

Outside of the campus, the cheapest I know is about £1.63 a pint.

Yes we are talking about 568ml 'pints'. Only paying that much for a beer is good but out of a 220ml glass, only about 100ml is actually beer, the rest is just the frothy head - and the barman would get laughed at before having it poured over his head here in the UK.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Only paying that much for a beer is good but out of a 220ml glass, only about 100ml is actually beer, the rest is just the frothy head - and the barman would get laughed at before having it poured over his head here in the UK.

Why would there be so much foam? If there is, it's a sign that the barman really can't tap at all and shouldn't even be there.

And UK beers aren't really known for their excessive foam either...

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Why would there be so much foam? If there is, it's a sign that the barman really can't tap at all and shouldn't even be there.

And UK beers aren't really known for their excessive foam either...

That's my experience of drinking in Germany and the Netherlands, frothy beer! Maybe you've got an Ozzy pulling your drinks on campus

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Why would there be so much foam? If there is, it's a sign that the barman really can't tap at all and shouldn't even be there.

And UK beers aren't really known for their excessive foam either...

When I lived in Dordrecht I was a sucker for eating the free salted peanuts that adorned the bar even though I realised they were there to give you a thirst

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

That's my experience of drinking in Germany and the Netherlands, frothy beer! Maybe you've got an Ozzy pulling your drinks on campus

Beer should have about 2 fingers width of foam.
Much better than UK beer with no foam at all

Originally Posted by jimbuna

When I lived in Dordrecht I was a sucker for eating the free salted peanuts that adorned the bar even though I realised they were there to give you a thirst

lol