tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post3091325065474907160..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Honest CampaignDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-33923067768763254872013-05-17T19:28:35.162+01:002013-05-17T19:28:35.162+01:00I was chilled after watching cricket in the sun. M...I was chilled after watching cricket in the sun. Must try harder in future. ;)Dick_Puddlecotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-58800967159864437522013-05-17T13:07:56.249+01:002013-05-17T13:07:56.249+01:00Is there anybody in the HoL who is likely to be sy...Is there anybody in the HoL who is likely to be sympathetic? If so, it can't be that difficult to find a contact address / email and appraise them of the reality of the situation. The problem we have is that people like Morgan can get up and spout this rubbish, and they will all take it in, believing it to be fact. If just one person was able to put the other side of the argument, the perception would change radically.nisakimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-65574508012290018002013-05-17T11:04:37.604+01:002013-05-17T11:04:37.604+01:00"There was only one honest campaign in the pl..."There was only one honest campaign in the plain packs debate. And it ain't the filthy, disgusting, lying one which the Baroness endorses. "<br /><br /><br />Dick, you have to learn how to stop beating around the bush and just come right out and say what you mean! You Brits are just too prim 'n proper fer yer own good!<br /><br /><br />- MJMMichael McFaddenhttp://profiles.google.com/cantilopernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-9123434449814691952013-05-17T02:04:48.563+01:002013-05-17T02:04:48.563+01:00And did any other Lordship pick her up on this cra...And did any other Lordship pick her up on this crap? Of course not! <br /><br />But it doesn't matter a toss what these grotesque titled ladies say. All the (fake) surveys and (junk) studies have been done and have failed to impress. Plain packaging is going nowhere - at least for the time being. According to a panellist at the EU workshop thing about ecigs, the UK has almost totally implemented the FCTC. Tobacco companies have been silenced, laws have been passed to ban smoking in public places, and to ban advertising and to outlaw tobacco promotion. Display bans have been enacted. There is nothing much left in the FCTC to be done - apart from plain packaging, which the Government has rejected. So what is the use of continuing to fund ASH ET AL? They have nowhere to go. Sure they can mess about in local authorities putting signs up outside parks and banning the use in 'public' places of the one product which seems to help people to stop buying tobacco at outrageous prices while still being able to puff on a (e)cigarette. So what? It is all Stony Stratford stuff. Pathetic thrashing about. Italy has suffered a significant drop in tobacco tax revenue and now wants to tax ecigs. Any such tax will promote tobacco use! A beautiful catch 22. <br /><br />Future funding of Tobacco Control in any shape is fruitless. They have done as much damage to social interaction via the smoking ban in pubs as they can and contributed enormously to social exclusion - one of the biggest killers. <br />Time that they were terminated.Junicannoreply@blogger.com