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[M Holmes]

Paul Mather writes:

> On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 10:13, M Holmes wrote:
>
> > Weirldy the talk is that the forthcoming ban in England will allow pubs
> > to apply to have "smoking areas". Having Reid as Health Minister is a
> > bit like having Osama Bin Laden as Minister of Safety.
>
> Maybe Mr. Reid is adopting the King Canute school of thought, and
> believes he can command the smoke to stay in its designated section?

I reckon that once the ban is up and running in Scotland, visiting
England will become even more like being a tourist in a primitive
society. It's already antediluvian enough with the bars closing two
hours early.

> I've always thought those "smoking/non-smoking" sections of restaurants
> a bit daft.  It would be truer to label them "smoky" and "less smoky."

Wasn't it Reid who suggested that it was bad to raise taxes on ciggies
because "it's one of the few pleasures poor people can afford"?

It's ethnic cleansing I tell ya. He's trying to kill off the chavs.

FoFP