tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post4460403790854610760..comments2023-10-25T10:22:52.127+01:00Comments on Home-The last bastion: Hamish Howitt-man of the people-forced to give up trading as a pub landlord…Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-28945457791777227482009-12-22T18:37:51.503+00:002009-12-22T18:37:51.503+00:00Hamish is taking his case to Strazbourg Anon. Here...Hamish is taking his case to Strazbourg Anon. Here is what Bill Gibson wrote on the F2C forum:<br /><br /><i>"I can confirm that Hamish has been given the green light to appeal his case to the European Court of Appeal, Strasbourg.. for some reason this has been granted without processing through The Supreme Courts formerly a task undertaken in the House of Lords.<br /><br />This information was provided by Hamish to me yesterday afternoon (Sunday 20th Dec 2009 ) and he is now working towards having his convictions overturned. When successful, he will obviously be claiming a huge figure in damages"</i> ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072165710888952465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206739907723081582.post-79410483097532991792009-12-22T18:15:31.771+00:002009-12-22T18:15:31.771+00:00If this doesn't alarm anyone into what things ...If this doesn't alarm anyone into what things are turning into, I don't know what will. Basically, someone has been denied their business and singled out for bankruptcy by a government because someone smoked a cigarette - in essence. Pretty sad news when it's happening not just here but in other countries worldwide too. This is a unprecedented rise in fascism unseen since that of Hitler and Mussolini - meantime everyone goes on supporting their smoking bans and destroying free enterprise and property rights in the process. Nice world going to be left for the next generation coming up who will curse the righteous who allowed this thing to happen. Yes, truly a hero, to stand up against the fascist bully state and permit someone to smoke a cigarette, risking everything in order to see to what was in normal generations for centuries seen as a personal and private property choice decision, nothing of the government's business to be concerned with at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com