tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post412671446922367538..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Tony Blair: the smoking yearsChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-60190747593353690012010-04-18T00:04:17.372+01:002010-04-18T00:04:17.372+01:00ASH and the RCP
2003
"In response to the ca...ASH and the RCP<br /><br />2003 <br />"In response to the call in The Times, the Health Minister, Melanie Johnson, backed by John Reid, <br /><br />the Health Secretary, and Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, said that more needed to be done to <br /><br />persuade the public of the merits of a ban before it could be imposed." <br />http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673603149951/fulltext<br /><br />2004<br />"In a letter to Tony Blair, ASH urges the government to honour its commitment to ratify the <br /><br />global tobacco treaty without further delay"<br />http://www.ash.org.uk/ash_qzgv993b.htm<br /><br />Britain ratifies anti-tobacco treaty - DECEMBER 16, 2004<br />"The British Department of Health has issued a statement saying that the United Kingdom has <br /><br />become the latest country to ratify the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on <br /><br />Tobacco Control - the first global health treaty."<br /><br />"The announcement was hidden away in a statement about a reduction in the number of smokers in <br /><br />the UK."<br />http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns14008.html<br /><br />F1 FOI<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3179722/The-Ecclestone-Affair-Labours-first-funding-scandal.html<br /><br />Tony Blair's 10 Years Of Tobacco Control 2007 <br />"Blair promised much for tobacco control but required considerable pressure before he delivered"<br />http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/75557.php<br /><br /><br />RoseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-49118474804282723572010-04-16T21:41:24.235+01:002010-04-16T21:41:24.235+01:00I was aware that Tone had once smoked. I was also ...I was aware that Tone had once smoked. I was also aware that his beautiful wife is a bigot (recalling a story from Stephen Fry). I also picked up somewhere that he was not initially into a total ban (after all, as PM he would have approved John Reid's Manifesto commitment).<br /><br />So what happend?<br /><br />His wife. Deborah Arnott. His God.timbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06985165416240833253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-3761617790519044512010-04-16T12:07:37.279+01:002010-04-16T12:07:37.279+01:00It's a hell of a lot easier to drive without a...It's a hell of a lot easier to drive without a seat belt than it is to smoke in a pub. I have been banned from a number of pubs for smoking but have yet to pick up a seat belt fine. Not wearing bike helmets ,however, close to impossible not to get a fine.Fredrik Eichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-59676442373331820172010-04-16T04:50:35.616+01:002010-04-16T04:50:35.616+01:00"Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unt..."Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unthinkable as driving without a seatbelt"<br /><br />And neither is "unthinkable". Neither is even close to "unthinkable".<br /><br />Forgive me if Brits have a use for the phrase that I'm unfamiliar with, but what is a "saloon bar" supposed to mean in this context? <br /><br />The phrase makes me think of 19th century places in mythical America with swinging half-doors, where men get into squabbles that result in "High Noon" shoot-outs.<br /><br />From the little I know, I think the cowboys also rode their horses without seat belts. <br /><br />The very idea stretches the bounds of my tiny imagination. It's "unthinkable".<br /><br />WS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-10602618892584763802010-04-16T00:29:48.154+01:002010-04-16T00:29:48.154+01:00It certainly does explain a lot.
I can't repe...It certainly does explain a lot.<br /><br />I can't repeat what I feel for the NuLab party under Blair. They interfered in my life, my work, my community, my family, my health and my wealth - all to the detriment.<br /><br />I won't state what I think of any party that has the word 'labour' in it, but I will campaign against it for the rest of my years - like many ex-labour voters I now know since this ban that is so unfair to millions.<br /><br />How the hypocrites can bleat about wanting a fair society for everyone is utter madness for circa 15m smokers, and that's before we begin to think about the real numbers when we start including friends and family members.<br /><br />My immediate family consists of 9 people (children not included). There is 1 smoker. Guess what - all the members are against the ban - that includes one GB Team athlete, a barrister, a social worker and an adult education teacher.<br /><br />Even my non-smoking, tee-totaller boss thinks that it is appalling that our country treats people in the way that smokers (and drinkers) are being treated. <br /><br />He's going to vote this year for the first time in 35 years. So is his wife, who also never usually bothers and his daughter (first time voter).<br /><br />HelenDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-77326683046286659442010-04-15T20:26:10.151+01:002010-04-15T20:26:10.151+01:00Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unthinkab...Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unthinkable as driving without a seatbelt. <br /><br />He would get a shock if he came in my local then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-6230869452315046162010-04-15T17:30:25.270+01:002010-04-15T17:30:25.270+01:00"Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unt...<em>"Having a ciggy in a saloon bar is now as unthinkable as driving without a seatbelt"</em><br /><br />Depends what country you're in.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-38796130449981888692010-04-15T15:46:28.514+01:002010-04-15T15:46:28.514+01:00I always knew "THE JOKER" was a closet a...I always knew "THE JOKER" was a closet anti smoker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com