tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post467416262771553877..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Not going very well, then?Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-40557658661769313512012-07-08T22:02:41.622+01:002012-07-08T22:02:41.622+01:00Plain packaging would definitely put smokers and t...Plain packaging would definitely put smokers and the public's health at much greater risk. Smokers would be unlikely to be able to tell the difference, between real and the much more dangerous counterfeit cigarettes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-77812496726597169292012-07-07T23:47:21.622+01:002012-07-07T23:47:21.622+01:00Entirely predicable, but most curious, why have th...Entirely predicable, but most curious, why have they got cold feet at this point in the "consultation"?<br /><br />The other phoney "consultation" in Scotland regarding the smoking ban was welcomed with open arms even after 76% of respondents favoured smoking and non-smoking venues or areas, all they did was twist the stats in their favour.<br /><br />I guess they can't find a statistician that can conjour up a result they want with the responses they have, even The Govt can't find one single patsy to agree to do it!<br /><br />Curiouser and curiouser, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-1181245971832094532012-07-07T20:56:16.201+01:002012-07-07T20:56:16.201+01:00DK: There's one person, and one person only, i...DK: There's one person, and one person only, in Whitehall who is ensuring that daft plans like plain packaging keep coming back ... and he ain't an MP.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-1241580892335829802012-07-07T04:48:16.897+01:002012-07-07T04:48:16.897+01:00I reminded Simon on his blog that, as I pointed ou...I reminded Simon on his blog that, <a href="http://www.devilskitchen.me.uk/2009/03/quietly-quietly-illiberal-creeps-in.html" rel="nofollow">as I pointed out in 2009</a>, neither consultation nor Parliamentary approval is required for plain packaging—the provisions were handed to the Health Secretary alone in one of the mini-Enabling Acts passed by NuLabour.<br /><br />So, regardless of any result, the government can just impose plain packaging: the consultation is simply an economic fig-leaf.<br /><br />DKDevil's Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832949569501846730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-960073593836228502012-07-07T01:39:48.925+01:002012-07-07T01:39:48.925+01:00A Bit like the Gov working group in Northampton wh...A Bit like the Gov working group in Northampton who are currently trying to find a way to rig the question needed to ask on the european referendum. <br /><br />( Just to make sure the vote goes they way they want of course )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-40952860400504355992012-07-06T18:50:14.987+01:002012-07-06T18:50:14.987+01:00I can only repeat the comment I left on Simon Clar...I can only repeat the comment I left on Simon Clark's blog:<br /><br /><br />"The government is extending the consultation period."<br /><br />Translation:<br /><br />The social authoritarian scumbags on both sides of the political divide have not gotten the answer they wanted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-79108122125714769442012-07-06T13:16:20.792+01:002012-07-06T13:16:20.792+01:00My hunch would be that they are waiting for a deci...My hunch would be that they are waiting for a decision from Australia and they think such a decision might come before the extended deadline expires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-2358702101068229032012-07-06T12:22:30.432+01:002012-07-06T12:22:30.432+01:00Freedom is not about cosultations,
enquiries,polls...Freedom is not about cosultations,<br />enquiries,polls and other<br />prefabricated machinations.<br />There are no rules in the quest for Liberty,there is no pre ordained convention.<br />If plain packaging comes in, it will prove at long last,talking <br />to the deaf is pointless<br />Discussing freedom with the current crop of Politicians is only justifying there next restriction.<br />Talking is overAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com