Water is more expensive than alcohol in the UK

According to the Times Online........Supermarkets have been accused of encouraging binge drinking by continuing to sell alcohol more cheaply than bottled water.

Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are among those selling beer at just over 5p per 100ml. This contrasts with a typical price of about 8p for 100ml of brand-name mineral water.

Campaigners claim such retailers are “irresponsible”, using cheap alcohol to lure customers, while ignoring warnings from senior health figures that selling it at rock-bottom prices leads to more drinking.

My question is......Why are people not asking why bottled water is so frikn EXPENSIVE......

You Brits are a bunch of Drunks

THE average British bloke drinks the equivalent of 44,000 pints of beer before he pops his clogs, a poll found.
At today’s prices that works out at £24,000 – or a year’s average wage.
The survey of 5,000 fellas found Mr Average sups 402 drinks a year.
That includes 234 pints, two litres of spirits, 1.5 litres of cocktails, 101 glasses of wine, half a litre of liqueurs and two bottles of champagne.
He boozes for an average 60.5 years of his life – getting through a whopping 88,000 units of alcohol. One pint of weak beer contains two units. STORY IN THE SUN