Sunday, July 01, 2007

A "smoke-free" England

I am at present in England, following a wet but interesting Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Here, finally the fascist nannies have won: as from today, 1st July 2007, smoking in public places has been banned in England & Wales.
Expect a further enormous outpouring of patronising, smug, self-congratulatory words from the "great & the good" - as they ponder the next area of individual behaviour to sanction. Take care all ye passionate anti-smoking types; see how you feel when your favourite activities are banned on largely spurious grounds.

For me, the end of years of style & elegance thus:

The global warming types are another variety of the species - be ready to defend your old Lancias!

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:43 pm

    Have you noticed how pubs now smell of damp? maybe it's just the wet weather!

    As for global warming - it's happening but probably not just by man made CO2.

    I run both a recylced Fulvia 1600 and a low emission regular car - all aluminium Audi A2 1.2 TDi - 81g.km CO2 and 100mpg if careful. 66MPG at average 91mph on autobahn! hee hee!

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  2. Anonymous5:57 pm

    And yet another way for councils to raise money with unnecessary and disproportionate fines!

    Robert (with a cigarette in his mouth)

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  3. Thank you Anonymous(es?)

    Keep puffing Robert!

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