tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post3630803426536933018..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: Plain packs ditchedChristopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61592926998018205072013-05-02T17:02:09.771+01:002013-05-02T17:02:09.771+01:00Does this mean that specialist tobacconists will b...Does this mean that specialist tobacconists will be able to carry on in business? NJShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029310454977877828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-13864401768584291592013-05-02T15:41:57.202+01:002013-05-02T15:41:57.202+01:00Stalingrad II ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...Stalingrad II ? <br /><br />:)<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_StalingradKin_Freehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315471344708077392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-65181728398966305172013-05-02T13:11:21.927+01:002013-05-02T13:11:21.927+01:00Call me a pessimist but we all know the only reaso...Call me a pessimist but we all know the only reason this is being scuttled is because Soubry showed Dave the cost of buying the intellectual property rights and the project outcome that the industry would drop completely off the radar into the gray/black markets.<br /><br />If not for the fact that the cost were so high in terms of lost and misdirected revenue they would have steamrolled this through in the name of good stewardship of their plebs.<br /><br />Misanthropic outburst over.tomrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840757143559617554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-90049440451033758892013-05-02T11:11:59.430+01:002013-05-02T11:11:59.430+01:00Well, well! Who'd 'ave thunk it?
So, comb...Well, well! Who'd 'ave thunk it?<br /><br />So, combining the Sun report with the document linked to by Rursus above, I think it might be time to resurrect an old song for our celebrations.<br /><br />I nominate "Ding Dong; The Witch is Dead" - it seems to be a better fit for this than in it's previous outing.<br /><br />All CMD needs to do now is ditch the wretched public space smoking ban and he might start to get some voters back from UKIP.<br /><br />I won't hold my breath for this one, though.BrianBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01932385164287199462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-15794794249321680032013-05-02T10:40:34.812+01:002013-05-02T10:40:34.812+01:00Plain packs are in the scope of the EU Commission ...Plain packs are in the scope of the EU Commission but will not enter into force as preferred by Linda McAvan. ;)<br /><br />See the DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on Legal Affairs to the TD:<br /><br />http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2f%2fEP%2f%2fNONSGML%2bCOMPARL%2bPE-510.591%2b01%2bDOC%2bPDF%2bV0%2f%2fEN<br /><br />Rursushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238917917002027267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-46638490005755998252013-05-02T08:09:35.434+01:002013-05-02T08:09:35.434+01:00Good. And if Call me Dave had not allowed himself ...Good. And if Call me Dave had not allowed himself to be led down this particular garden path in the first place (and the claret drinkers' charter that was minimum alcohol pricing) he might be doing slightly better in the polls now.<br /><br />Add to this the beer duty cut and it's three major setbacks for the neo-Prohibitionists.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-91052959771949910132013-05-02T07:48:54.813+01:002013-05-02T07:48:54.813+01:00Of course, plain packs are in the future European ...Of course, plain packs are in the future European tobacco products directive, right?Jean Granvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863378650172171963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-61521302198298862013-05-02T06:41:42.166+01:002013-05-02T06:41:42.166+01:00Well if that is true, we probably have Anna Soubry...Well if that is true, we probably have Anna Soubry to thank for it; a result her ill-considered comments to the press.<br /><br />Hopefully the next thing Dave will do is sack her and appoint a non-militant in her place. Ah yes, there will be much gnashing of teeth in the Chapman camp. I wonder what the content of his tweets will be when he gets the news, given that he's been crowing about how UK is going to follow in Australia's footsteps...nisakimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563041282703559939noreply@blogger.com