John Grogan made the accusation against Tesco chief executive Terence Leahy urging him to stop selling alcohol below cost price and to end "irresponsible" drinks promotions.
But the retail giant hit back calling the MP's comments offensive and inaccurate and denying the firm was to blame for the rise in binge-drinking.
"Sir Terence Leahy must address the issue. The big supermarket bosses must stop putting their heads in the sand. We want some leadership from those powerful individuals."
The MP was taking part in a Parliamentary debate on cheap alcohol when he announced: "It is with regret that I say this but I want to charge Terence Leahy the boss of Tesco with being thegodfather of British binge drinking. I do not make that claim lightly."
He cited the recent Competition Commission inquiry which found that during last year's football World CChristmas crime cutting patrols are being mounted in two Hambleton villages by members ofthe community.
The Neighbourhood Watch teams of Sutton on the Forest and Stillington will be out and about for three hours each evening in the run up to Christmas Day.
"We have conducted these patrols in past years and they have been very successful," said District Councillor Mike Rigby who is organising the Sutton on the Forest patrols.
"Traditionally Christmas is a good time of the year for burglars and sneak thieves - householders have a lot of extra goodies in their homes be they new electrical appliances or toys for thechildren. We are determined to keep them away from our villages and these patrols are a great deterrent."
The patrols have been occurring in the villages for the last five years - they see around 30 people going out in pairs to patrol the streets reporting anything suspicious via radios loaned by thepolice.
Mr Grogan added: "Pubs clubs and the brewers themselves have all recognised that they have to address the issue but Sir Terence Leahy still has not.
"He went into Downing Street last week and the only idea that he came up with - the only one reported anyway - was that the age at which people can drink in the home should be brought down."
But Tesco spokesman David Nieberg said: "John Grogan's comments are as offensive as they are inaccurate and do nothing to inform the complex debate on binge drinking in society.
"Alcohol abuse is of course a serious concern to us all and Tesco is playing a leading role in the efforts made by retailers to combat it.
"The vast majority of alcohol bought at Tesco forms part of the weekly shop and it is insulting and wrong to assert that families looking for value when they buy beer or wine are the cause of aserious social problem."
Mr Grogan said pubs small breweries and even students' unions had all lost out as a result of people being able to buy cheaper alcohol from major retailers.
He said: "The problem with the supermarkets is that they are pretending that there is not a problem when there is. We need to deal with it."
[quote]Mr Grogan said pubs small breweries and even students' unions had all lost out as a result of people being able to buy cheaper alcohol from major retailers.[/quote] I suppose Labour are free from any blame then Mr Grogan?[quote]Alcohol abuse[/quote] It may be wise to sort out political abuse first have the Labour party not received a donation from Tesco of late?
Someone needs to fix this article there is a second story randomly jammed in the middle (between the "C" and "up" of Cup):
Christmas crime cutting patrols are being mounted in two Hambleton villages by members of the community. The Neighbourhood Watch teams of Sutton on the Forest and Stillington will be out and about for three hours each evening in the run up to Christmas Day. They will be watching over the homes and businesses in the parishes to deter would be burglars and sneak thieves."We have conducted these patrols in past years and they have been very successful," said District Councillor Mike Rigby who is organising the Sutton on the Forest patrols."Traditionally Christmas is a good time of the year for burglars and sneak thieves - householders have a lot of extra goodies in their homes be they new electrical appliances or toys for the children. We are determined to keep them away from our villages and these patrols are a great deterrent."The patrols have been occurring in the villages for the last five years - they see around 30 people going out in pairs to patrol the streets reporting anything suspicious via radios loaned by the police.
Someone needs to fix this article there is a second story randomly jammed in the middle (between the "C" and "up" of Cup):[quote]Christmas crime cutting patrols are being mounted in two Hambleton villages by members of the community. The Neighbourhood Watch teams of Sutton on the Forest and Stillington will be out and about for three hours each evening in the run up to Christmas Day. They will be watching over the homes and businesses in the parishes to deter would be burglars and sneak thieves."We have conducted these patrols in past years and they have been very successful," said District Councillor Mike Rigby who is organising the Sutton on the Forest patrols."Traditionally Christmas is a good time of the year for burglars and sneak thieves - householders have a lot of extra goodies in their homes be they new electrical appliances or toys for the children. We are determined to keep them away from our villages and these patrols are a great deterrent."The patrols have been occurring in the villages for the last five years - they see around 30 people going out in pairs to patrol the streets reporting anything suspicious via radios loaned by the police.[/quote]
"have the Labour party not received a donation from Tesco of late?"Quite a few years back Lady Porter the Tesco heiress was forced to flee to Hong Kong to escape prosecution as she was accused of attempting to buy votes in exchange for council flats in Westminster.
"have the Labour party not received a donation from Tesco of late?"Quite a few years back Lady Porter the Tesco heiress was forced to flee to Hong Kong to escape prosecution as she was accused of attempting to buy votes in exchange for council flats in Westminster.
mr Grogan needs to get off his moral highground. Why should we have to pay more for alcohol because a minority abuse it? We already pay more for alcohol than most of our European neighbours and the prices of beer have gone through the roof in pubs because of the knock on effect of the smoking ban yet again its the average man on the street getting penalised. I want to charge Mr Grogan as the Godfather of abusing expenses and ripping off his voters.
mr Grogan needs to get off his moral highground. Why should we have to pay more for alcohol because a minority abuse it? We already pay more for alcohol than most of our European neighbours and the prices of beer have gone through the roof in pubs because of the knock on effect of the smoking ban yet again its the average man on the street getting penalised. I want to charge Mr Grogan as the Godfather of abusing expenses and ripping off his voters.
Personally. I think John has a point. I'm not affiliated with any party coz they are all a bunch of crooks but JG has done a lot of good work for Selby and will be missed when he leaves us at the next election.
Personally. I think John has a point. I'm not affiliated with any party coz they are all a bunch of crooks but JG has done a lot of good work for Selby and will be missed when he leaves us at the next election.
This is worse than the green parties policy of rising fuel prices to cut down on fuel consumption. Something that is crippling people in rural areas. Rising the price of alcohol is simply going to increase the spiralling debt and inflation that is crippling this country people are already living beyond their means the governments draconic taxation is making life miserable for the residents of the UK. The economy works by bringnig in money from abroad thanks to unreasonable business taxes we no longer have any production and very little exportable goods so the government turns onto the residents instead. It wasnt that long ago that - Prisons were uncrowdedNHS included pretty much any health issue. You could buy a house when you left your parents this would be on a mortgage of 2-3x earnings. Now people leave home at an average age of 30 instead of 20. Schools taught useful things. The country is short on plumbers electritians and builders? lets plow money onto teaching kids english and maths when they want to be doing manual jobs. A waste of our tax money and their time (I know a kid who had massive difficulties at school. 5 years later hes on 40 grand as a leccy. And the list goes on.
This is worse than the green parties policy of rising fuel prices to cut down on fuel consumption. Something that is crippling people in rural areas. Rising the price of alcohol is simply going to increase the spiralling debt and inflation that is crippling this country people are already living beyond their means the governments draconic taxation is making life miserable for the residents of the UK. The economy works by bringnig in money from abroad thanks to unreasonable business taxes we no longer have any production and very little exportable goods so the government turns onto the residents instead. It wasnt that long ago that - Prisons were uncrowdedNHS included pretty much any health issue. You could buy a house when you left your parents this would be on a mortgage of 2-3x earnings. Now people leave home at an average age of 30 instead of 20. Schools taught useful things. The country is short on plumbers electritians and builders? lets plow money onto teaching kids english and maths when they want to be doing manual jobs. A waste of our tax money and their time (I know a kid who had massive difficulties at school. 5 years later hes on 40 grand as a leccy. And the list goes on.
John grogan is possibly the worst MP I have evr had the misfortune of meeting. I challenged him in North Duffield about council tax hikes. His advice - move to another area.
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