Thursday 5 December 2013

Touché

Put-down of the week comes from Andrew Griffiths, Tory MP for Burton, in reply to a Labour member's hypocrisy about helping pubs.
"I am always prepared to listen to anything that might support the great British pub, but as the hon. Gentleman is from the party that introduced the hated beer duty escalator and the smoking ban, he needs to think long and hard about what he can do to support British pubs."
Quite.

Never forget. Never forgive.


4 comments:

DaveAtherton20 said...

Shadow Business Minister admits smoking ban led to pub closures.




David Atherton@DaveAtherton20 @agriffithsmp @tobyperkinsmp My IEA essay on the 12,000 pubs closed since the smoking ban. iea.org.uk/blog/is-the-sm…


- 05 DecToby Perkins MP@tobyperkinsmp Thanks for that @DaveAtherton20 . I think it is more complicated than this, tho SB was a factor in many cases, lots of other factors too.

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Worth embedding, I reckon. :)

Thanks for that @DaveAtherton20 . I think it is more complicated than this, tho SB was a factor in many cases, lots of other factors too.— Toby Perkins MP (@tobyperkinsmp) December 5, 2013

DaveAtherton20 said...

**Like**

Jax said...

" ... he needs to think long and hard about what he can do to support British pubs"
Like, for example, admitting in the first instance that he and his wretched, mean-spirited, out-of-touch party were wrong. On both counts.