• smeg@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    Well that’s illegal, and I can literally point to the letter of the law:

    Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.

    Draught beer and cider: Third, half, two-thirds of a pint and multiples of half a pint

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      2 months ago

      They were serving 2/3, so it’s fully legal. Also they’re actually urging the govt to reduce sizes, not the pub owners directly.

      Granted, it would be nice if we had had more than a screenshot to go off on

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        2 months ago

        Surely a fine publication such as the Mirror wouldn’t publish a misleading headline?

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          2 months ago

          Oh come on now, next you’re going to tell me Daily Star is not a shining beacon of journalistic integrity!

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      2 months ago

      Seems like the part where it says it can be sold in half pints means that it would be ok to sell a half a pint.

      I think maybe your comment didnt do a great job of expressing your point.

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        2 months ago

        We don’t have a link to the article so we don’t know exactly what they’re doing, but I feel it’s unlikely that they’ve just replaced pints with half pints. Or maybe they have, that would be even weirder!