Actually you'll find due to trading and advertising laws Alcopops do include Vodka. The problem is not the % of alcohol but the quantity of Vodka. The average smirnoff ice or reef drink contains approximately HALF a shot of vodka thats something like 20ml or 4 tea spoons of alcohol. As psy said the law won't change a damn thing the only issue is that it will mean a lot less money. I seriously doubt it'd get passed much more likely a public drinking ban to be legally enforced throughout the country instead of in bylaws which would prevent all and any drinking of alcoholic substances outside the premises of a pub or bar. The reasoning for this? Off liscences are exactly that OFF liscences they have a liscence for the sale of alcohol for OFF the premises. Pubs have a liscence for the drinking ON the premises but rarely is it for a pub to hold an Off liscence too. Alcohol and nicotine is the 2 most taxed things in the countries behind cars (road tax, insurance tax, petrol tax, congestion charges, parking fees) the government won't drop a major % of it's money since the people can barely afford council tax and the tax taken from their earnings as it is.