tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post4363390908692722577..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: Save me from pontificating MPsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-42531437090208465992011-09-21T19:55:13.921+01:002011-09-21T19:55:13.921+01:00Ooooh FE ..
"Let the market place decide&quo...Ooooh FE ..<br /><br />"Let the market place decide" ? .. "Let people make their own minds up" ?<br /><br />That's the start of a very slippery slope .. I mean, where would it all end ?<br /><br />Adults being allowed to decide things for themselves .. they might end up deciding on things which weren't "good" for them .. which would mean no more work for meddling politicians ..<br /><br />It'll never happen ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-4429956923366372732011-09-21T18:47:11.271+01:002011-09-21T18:47:11.271+01:00I'd like it if pubs were given a choice. Let t...I'd like it if pubs were given a choice. Let the market place decide.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-66936982830800020042011-09-21T18:36:56.514+01:002011-09-21T18:36:56.514+01:00@ Robert ..
As a Pipe smoker of many years standi...@ Robert ..<br /><br />As a Pipe smoker of many years standing, I fully agree with your support for separate smoking & non-smoking rooms in pubs ..<br /><br />I never smoked in restaurants either .. in fact, I used to patronise one restaurant which banned smoking in the main room, for many years before it became compulsory .. on the basis that the chef had gone to a great deal of trouble to produce the food to a high standard & didn't want it ruined by a smoky atmoshpere ..<br /><br />They did however, provide a small smoking "lounge" away from the eating area ..<br /><br />The fact that the food was so good was the major reason why I continued to spend my hard-earned money there ..<br /><br />I have no hard evidence that the current situation can be laid directly at the door of the EU .. though I strongly suspect your hypothesis is spot on the money ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-13932728756705709152011-09-21T15:25:11.939+01:002011-09-21T15:25:11.939+01:00As a reformed smoker of long standing I quite like...As a reformed smoker of long standing I quite like smoke free pubs. What I do not like is the crowd that stands outside the pubs on every main street. There should be separate bars for smokers and non smokers within pubs. People should not be discriminated against in this way, after all they pay the tax on the cigs (when they have to).<br /><br />This is probably an EU initiative somewhere along the line. Can anybody cast any light in this hypothesis?Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12146467728776928724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-10584894407152877172011-09-21T11:17:50.254+01:002011-09-21T11:17:50.254+01:00"The only problem is the only thing I think y..."The only problem is the only thing I think you have any expertise in, is fiddling your expenses and being professional liars."<br /><br /><br />You also forgot to mention their tendencies towards Shirt-lifting ... Bustle-punching & Fudge-packing ..<br /><br />Its well beyond time that these particular Augean stables were well & truly cleaned out, once and for all ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-92006786156522817312011-09-21T08:56:09.171+01:002011-09-21T08:56:09.171+01:00They've had it in for pubs since 1604, when Mr...They've had it in for pubs since 1604, when Mr Fawkes and his colleagues plotted over a few jars in the Duck & Drake, London. It's one of the last places we can congregate as freemen and air our grievances in private... of course they've got to go...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-22557467081945074122011-09-21T03:58:51.322+01:002011-09-21T03:58:51.322+01:00"The only problem is the only thing I think y..."The only problem is the only thing I think you have any expertise in, is fiddling your expenses and being professional liars."<br />You forgot diddling their secretaries all the while being married<br />I would also point out that me personally? I believe they know EXACTLY What they're doing. Completely destroying the business environment regulation by regulation til there's nothing left but the state for everyone to go to for handouts. WE've got Obama snd the Dhimmicrats over here doing their level best to speed the process up, before we throw his useless ass out of orifice in 2012.Da Curly Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07631427436506831892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-59677986295167476442011-09-20T21:00:39.022+01:002011-09-20T21:00:39.022+01:00As Chris Snowdon said, "If I see one more pol...<a href="http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com/2011/06/strange-strange-bedfellows.html" rel="nofollow">As Chris Snowdon said</a>, "If I see one more politician who voted for the smoking ban crying crocodile tears about the state of the pub industry, I may throw up."Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com