I received a phone call from UKIP's Gawain Towler who was livid as the tobacco haters in the EU cranked up their hatred of smokers, led by this harridan, Androulla Vassiliou who says on her website, rather Haughtily:
Good progress has been made in the fight against tobacco, alcohol related harm and obesity.
Gawain sent me over a press release from Godfrey Bloom which says:
EU plans launched today to ban all smoking in public places, including beer gardens, parks festivals and the like were greeted by disbelief and a call to action from Godfrey Bloom MEP,
The EU has called for a ban on smoking in “enclosed public places” but they define this in a quite ridiculous fashion,
“the definition of "public places" should cover all places accessible to the general public or places for collective use, regardless of ownership or right to access. It is further recommended that “indoor” (or “enclosed”) areas be defined to include any space covered by a roof or enclosed by one or more walls or sides, regardless of the type of material used for the roof, wall or sides, and regardless of whether the structure is permanent or temporary”.
“Enough is enough”, said Bloom, “today 6 pubs will close in the UK. Today part of our culture is under threat. Today is the time to say enough is enough. These jumped up puritan dictators must be told where to get off.
Nobody pretends that smoking is a good thing, but it is legal. So why don't they come clean and announce an outright ban? Because they daren't. Making 12 million Britons criminals overnight might be gong a little too far even for them. But making them second class citizens, well it seems that is no problem”.
These bullies seem to have no truck with freedom, liberty or tolerance. Well in that case we shall have to take it back. And if that means a certain level of civil disobedience, well so be it.”
The original quote from Godfrey's email to me can be found here.
I dont know about you but I feel like being disobedient. Ever heard of Flash Smoking?
Update: Remember this?
“the definition of "public places" should cover all places accessible to the general public or places for collective use, regardless of ownership or right to access. It is further recommended that “indoor” (or “enclosed”) areas be defined to include any space covered by a roof or enclosed by one or more walls or sides, regardless of the type of material used for the roof, wall or sides, and regardless of whether the structure is permanent or temporary”
Blows a massive hole in the 50% rule for human beings, doesn't it!
