UKIP Blame Smoke ban for pub Closures

UKIP the United Kingdom Independence Party have seen the carnage that has been caused to the 'Hospitality Industry'

Reasonable people everywhere realise that the smoke ban isn't for the good of the people, or the health of the nation, but an attack on civil rights of certain groups within society.

In using this bigoted legislation the pubs are closing not just for smokers, but non smokers as well.
The self righteous who tried to silence the voice of the people on this subject have been caught unaware of the depth of feeling on this subject.
A very small but very vocal minority thought they had won a great victory on this one but no.

Everywhere there is a huge upsurge of indignance at the arrogance of the anti smoking lobby, something that was always going to happen.
I encourage no one to smoke, rather the contrary I urge people to abstain or quit.
This ban only infuriates smokers into smoking more to spit in the eye of those who have faults a lot worse than smoking but can be hidden from society.
The nature of addiction is such that such attempts at idiotic things like a smoke ban or price increases on tobacco only hurt people who are wanting to give up anyway.

If the Government want to help smokers they should drop the price of tobacco to stop illegal importation of cigarettes.
They should licence smokers only pubs to give people the right to fresh air.
And stop preaching at people who already know the rights and wrongs of smoking.
Only through the same kind of help that drug users get can this addiction be beaten.
Only when a person is ready to give up are they ready to be helped/
You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make it drink.
No one should underestimate the addictive qualities of cigarettes, if it were so easy to stop why do so many carry on smoking ?
The worst kind of anti smoker is an ex smoker believe it or not they are evangelical in their approach in the battle against smokers and why?
Anyone who has smoked and was truly addicted knows how hard it is to get off the dreaded weed.
They should remember and use a little more compassion rather than humiliation to brow beat smokers into submission.
With common sense we could see smoking obliterated for all time, but not this way smoke bans do nothing but infuriate.

Read what UKIP say.

http://www.ukip.org/ukip/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=596&Itemid=68

No Smoke No Vote !

Yes folks momentum is building rapidly to defeat this stupid authoritarian smoking ban.
The net is full of sites that are fighting tooth and nail to stop this bad law.
UKIP has come out plainly and said that this ban is ruining the industry and creating unemployment.
The licence trade is up in arms and smokers increasingly frustrated at being made to stay at home because of this moronic law are being mobilised into action.
Londoners are preparing to punish the LABOUR PARTY in a way that has not been seen for decades.
Other smokers are preparing to do the same up and down this country so politicians please take note.
Take a look at this ----> No Smoke, No Vote.

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NEWS BOX.
NEWS FLASH 16th April 2008 BORIS JOHNSON SUPPORTS SMOKERS RIGHTS

Question put to Boris on on line news chat with the Sun.

Re Smoking ban

Boris - are you still against the smoking ban in pubs and clubs? If so, what, if anything, do you propose to do about it?

This ban is killing pubs & clubs - despite labour's national manifesto commitment to exempt pubs & clubs not serving food they did a u-turn. And it is becoming more apparent by the day that the science behind alleged risks from second hand smoke is junk - just yesterday another study was published blaming traffic fumes, with second hand smoke being ruled out as a factor.

Answer from Boris
What is the point of having local democracy if we don't leave decisions like this to a local level?

If I had my way, we would have an online referendum in London about whether to give boroughs back the power to give discretion over smoking to pubs and clubs.

B7 SAYS VOTE FOR BORIS.

Sign the petition to ammend the smoking ban, get as many people as you can to sign it, lets show the politicians that we wont be dictated to like this.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/smokinglicenses/

Labour have lost the plot
Rob Layton.

Some people may not like my politics, but to be honest I don't have any.
Who would want to be a politician ?
Well some would I suppose, that's if you a born liar with a power complex and a huge ego.
I naively thought that there must be some good in some of them somewhere, but as time drags on I find that increasingly hard to believe.

What kind of unthinking, uncaring, person would even think to rob the poor of these Islands any more than they have been doing all these years ?
To take the money off the poorest of these Islands shows the lack of compassion and inhuman degradation that we have become so used to in our politicians.

If you look at the other story in the news today you will see that this Government has had compassion on the banking industry to the tune of approx £50 billion pounds.
Now as I said I am no politician and I don't understand a lot of things but isn't this back to front.
It seems to me that the poorest are bailing out the 'Fat Cats' rather than go with a begging bowl to the Stock market.
SHAME ON YOU LABOUR

Another thing I heard today made my blood boil !
We heard that a dear lady who works in our local shop died suddenly the other evening, I must add that we don't know the circumstances yet but she was found dead at home.
She was relatively young in her late forties to early fifties.
We all loved her and it came as a shock to find out that her husband who is a really nice chap was taken to the police station shortly after her death.

I was shocked because I didn't know that this is standard procedure or so I have been told.
Perhaps someone could enlighten me on why it is that a person who is grieving the death of a loved one who has died suddenly should be treated in this way.
Is this just standard procedure for men ?

I can understand that there are people who commit crimes and would benefit a small amount by giving time to people to grieve but doesn't decency demand that for the majority of men they should have the right to grieve in the privacy of the family home ?
Why should the vast majority of decent men in this country suffer because of a tiny minority of men that have done wrong ?
I don't know if this information regarding procedure in these cases is correct but if it is it should be changed and quickly.
There I have said enough.
I leave you till next time.
Rob Layton

Sign a petition to ammend the smoking ban

The smoking ban has done a fine job of allowing non-smokers to go out and socialise in clean air, before the ban was introduced there were too few non-smoking pubs. Now we have gone too far in the other direction, the backlash has universally forced smokers out into the cold and forced some businesses to close where previously their business was mostly to smoking customers. Not to mention the loss of personal freedom.

By allowing a limited number of smoking licenses to be given out by local councils the government can restrict how many smoking establishments there are to ensure that public health is considered appropriately while still giving the owners of pubs and clubs freedom to allow people to smoke on their property.

It is the perfect compromise, allowing business owners to decide how to run their businesses and customers to weigh up health risks for themselves. Those who abhor smoking can have a nice evening out, so can those who enjoy it.

If you would like to sign a petition to ammend the Smoking ban please go here..
Put it on your blogs and send it to your friends as soon as possible..

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