tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post6749801971713129096..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: The Green Shoots Of Pubco Defiance?Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-6852092944133667122009-02-11T05:42:00.000+00:002009-02-11T05:42:00.000+00:00Good for Tim whose very first pub in Stroud Green ...Good for Tim whose very first pub in Stroud Green was a local breath of fresh air from the Formica Arms.<BR/><BR/>Another green shoot of defiance ?<BR/>A couple of weeks ago ( well before the Severe Snow Event ) the Parking Permit Bays of a local road were coned off ( incl parked cars ); severe notices informed us that this was for re-lining and the consequences of failing to remove vehicles.<BR/>I had the day off work and emerged at about 10am to find at least half the cars still there. Upon my return I expected to see some hot removal/wailing action but things were exactly as before though a couple more cars had manouvered themselves behind the cones.<BR/><BR/>The cones were removed the following day without explanation and no tickets plastered upon the offending vehicles. My conclusion was that the residents were saying 'we don't care about your re-lining ' and the Council responding 'oh, alright then' and going away.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-91065503891354839452009-02-10T21:10:00.000+00:002009-02-10T21:10:00.000+00:00I'm not a smoker, but having given in to that one ...I'm not a smoker, but having given in to that one the juggernaut of banning has gathered pace.<BR/><BR/>But it does not affect those in Westminster Palace. They will continue to smoke drink and stuff themselves in subsidised splendour.<BR/><BR/>"Do as I say and not as I do!" is now the two legged pigs' mantra.<BR/><BR/>Every law and guideline they issue MUST apply as rigorously to them as well as it does to the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>After all, that's what the separation of powers is all about. Isn't it?Lester Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907410767580447212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-67861185560691290102009-02-10T21:04:00.000+00:002009-02-10T21:04:00.000+00:00To be fair(ish) to Tim Martin, once he realised th...To be fair(ish) to Tim Martin, once he realised that the premature roll-out of the smoking ban to his pubs was causing trade to fall off a cliff, he did suspend the policy until the actual ban came in.<BR/><BR/>I wonder to what extent the pub company bosses really did believe the hype that the ban would bring hordes of new, up-market customers into pubs, or whether they just felt it was best to keep their heads down.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com