tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post1145442078945660581..comments2023-10-25T10:22:52.127+01:00Comments on Home-The last bastion: Them and usAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-21557084634138535192010-05-23T18:09:31.613+01:002010-05-23T18:09:31.613+01:00Frank Davis said:-
"I examined the list of d...Frank Davis said:-<br /><br />"I examined the list of delegates closely. I reckon there are over 350 of them. Some 70%+ come from local government, NHS, DoH, or universities (i.e. all taxpayer funded)."<br /><br />Don't be fooled by the delegates listing themselves under " Universities ", they are in fact from the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies which is spread out over 5 Universities.<br /><br />In addition, those who just show their organisation as NSCT are actually from the NHS Smoking Cessation & Training Centre, another spender of taxpayers money.Eddie Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-36952212481430600262010-05-23T17:37:38.585+01:002010-05-23T17:37:38.585+01:00Nicely written, Big Yin.
Thanks Fausty for your k...<i>Nicely written, Big Yin.</i><br /><br />Thanks Fausty for your kind words but it would take a herculean effort on my part to come up to your blogging standards.<br /><br />John Redwood, I'm sure, will be one of F2C's targets about the great, and much vaunted, repeal act touted by the all singing, all dancing, coalition and their advertisers (you know which newspapers I mean.)<br /><br />I noticed, in a <a href="http://faustiesblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-repeal-bill.html" rel="nofollow">previous post of yours</a>, that you had a commentator that had a little pop at you about the repeal ban. You came back with a measured response, as I new you would as you, like most of us, judge governments by what they do, not what they say, (and politicians as well.)<br /><br />Although 1,00,000 signatures is a task of herculean proportions it is not surmountable as far as unjust and downright wrong 'NuLabour' laws are concerned, and don't forget there are over 6.000 of them since 1997.<br /><br />When we are given a chance to give our opinions, you know, us "ordinary voters" then we WILL get those signatures, that's a promise as far as the smoking ban is concerned, but we smokers are not the only aggrieved, I feel for those in our once great country that have had their freedoms, and turned into criminals for what they once done harmlessl and legally, stolen from them by my, now denounced by me, Labour party, the party that I voted for all my adult life.<br /><br />If it was not for the smoking ban I would have never looked into the other lies they had subjected me to over the years. But that does not mean that I won't scrutinise the coalition. I am full of hope and doubt in equal measure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-6847941863284255392010-05-23T16:26:08.331+01:002010-05-23T16:26:08.331+01:00Nicely written, Big Yin.
John Redwood might be ve...Nicely written, Big Yin.<br /><br />John Redwood might be very interested in this junket, and the scrapping of funding to ASH. He's keen to get rid of all unelected government bodies and ASH might well be one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-44747300446085830532010-05-23T00:02:41.360+01:002010-05-23T00:02:41.360+01:00to date 479 delegates, Frank. Just think: registra...to date 479 delegates, Frank. Just think: registration, travel and I suppose they can claim their accommodation costs for at least two nights each.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284836559314332001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-47837724398787520232010-05-22T20:09:37.558+01:002010-05-22T20:09:37.558+01:00I examined the list of delegates closely. I reckon...I examined the list of delegates closely. I reckon there are over 350 of them. Some 70%+ come from local government, NHS, DoH, or universities (i.e. all taxpayer funded). And that doesn't include several representatives of ASH. <br /><br />In addition <i>at least</i> 75% of them are women. And Deborah Arnott and Amanda Sandford and another name aren't even listed.<br /><br />If all the government funding is completely slashed, there's probably be no more than 30 people at the next bash they have.Frank Davishttp://frank-davis.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-76074029300799369912010-05-22T16:47:37.665+01:002010-05-22T16:47:37.665+01:00Thanks Dave but I could do better. Someone is not ...Thanks Dave but I could do better. Someone is not sure according to the star ratings at the bottom of the piece.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-91531441853847886252010-05-22T14:26:07.759+01:002010-05-22T14:26:07.759+01:00This is a written piece, well done.This is a written piece, well done.DaveAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07249090980650806030noreply@blogger.com