tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post4544833041777437455..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Stony Stratford Councillor Struggles With His EvidenceDick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-67781864095917841862011-07-09T18:01:46.558+01:002011-07-09T18:01:46.558+01:00The Swan in Old Stratford is right by the side of ...The Swan in Old Stratford is right by the side of the A5, just before what can be a very busy roundabout which takes you out to Northampton, Oxford and all points north.<br />If Bartlett was interviewed outside there, it's my guess that he inhaled far more crap from exhaust fumes than he would if he walked the Streets of Stony for a fucking year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-32384833669103053622011-07-05T16:01:45.626+01:002011-07-05T16:01:45.626+01:00Nice one Newsboy. I'll keep your email and be ...Nice one Newsboy. I'll keep your email and be in touch when it comes together.<br />Cheers<br />BuckoBuckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-8101823774142369942011-07-05T15:19:30.159+01:002011-07-05T15:19:30.159+01:00Bucko
I'm from Bolton, more than willing to t...Bucko<br /><br />I'm from Bolton, more than willing to to split the petrol costs.<br /><br />Let me know time & place<br />NewsboyCap@hotmail.co.ukNewsboyCapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-31768810269238151682011-07-04T15:08:03.213+01:002011-07-04T15:08:03.213+01:00I'll come if anyone from oop north wants to sp...I'll come if anyone from oop north wants to split petrol?Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-29992325481702095792011-07-04T11:51:12.088+01:002011-07-04T11:51:12.088+01:00DP
Had a lovely day out with Pat on Saturday, so ...DP<br /><br />Had a lovely day out with Pat on Saturday, so yes, name the date and time I'll be there.<br />So much fun to be had baiting Anti-smokers.NewsboyCapnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-10460916186463900022011-07-04T10:18:33.664+01:002011-07-04T10:18:33.664+01:00Seem so J. They're losing their own plot. Pani...Seem so J. They're losing their own plot. Panic stations at ASHHQ.davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1353378359426721922011-07-04T03:45:04.127+01:002011-07-04T03:45:04.127+01:00Something was floating about in my mind that I cou...Something was floating about in my mind that I could not quite identify - and then it struck me. ASH cannot claim that the recession is both harming pubs and not harming pubs at the same time.<br /><br />Here are some recent posts by ASH. I trust that people will see the basic contradictions. "Oh what webs we weave......."<br /><br />-------------------------------------<br /><br />“”Data from the Office for National Statistics shows a net increase in the number of people visiting pubs since the smoking ban. When England went smoke-free in 2007, the number of premises licensed for alcohol increased by 5 per cent, and it has continued to grow every year since.”"<br /><br />That from Emily Duncan in the Independent 29th May 2011 “The unstoppable march of Big Tobacco”<br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />."""Pubs, like all small businesses have been hard hit by the recession...""" From Arnott.<br /><br />------------------------------------------ <br /><br />"""However, the pro-tobacco lobby’s claims that the smoking ban has led to pub closures are unfounded. In 2007, the year England went smokefree, the number of licensed premises for “on sales” of alcohol actually increased by 5% [4] and there has been a net increase in the number of people reporting going to pubs since the smokefree law came into effect. [5]"""<br /><br />Essentially, it is the same statement of fact, but from ASH on 29th June 2011 and unattributed.<br />Arnott, of course, comments:<br /><br />""“Pubs, like all small businesses have been hard hit by the recession. But the tobacco lobby group assertion that thousands of pubs in England and Wales are under threat of closure due to the smoking ban does not stand up to scrutiny. The British public are enjoying the benefits of smokefree drinking and dining and there is little appetite for a return to the bad old days of smoky pubs.”""<br /><br />-----------------------------------------<br /><br />Is ASH contradicting itself or not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-20865292878451683502011-07-03T21:37:26.839+01:002011-07-03T21:37:26.839+01:00Anon @ 08:58
Absolutely. Therein lies a major fla...Anon @ 08:58<br /><br />Absolutely. Therein lies a major flaw of the SOPAC campaign - it indicates acceptance of the passive smoking shite. We might, just might, get an amendment re pubs and clubs, but there'd be a heavy price to pay - smoking bans in cars and possibly homes. I suppose we could campaign for separate cars for children, maybe stick them in a trailer, or strap em to a roof rack......davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-62834870105723255762011-07-03T18:33:35.375+01:002011-07-03T18:33:35.375+01:00On an IT contract for the Post Office in the early...On an IT contract for the Post Office in the early 1990s I asked for a Personal computer for a new starter. It was the Information Technology dept after all.<br /><br />You will have to produce a cost justification, I was told. I did and showed how giving this persona a PC would save £5million a year. Even the post Office spotted I was taking the piss.<br /><br />Obviously this guy has dug out my cost benefit analysis, a lot of his reasoning is very familiar.Ian R Thorpehttp://www.greenteethmm.com/money-magic-banks.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-26217934360660086002011-07-03T10:41:13.923+01:002011-07-03T10:41:13.923+01:00I don't think ASH et al will be too pleased wi...I don't think ASH et al will be too pleased with Bartlett - he's a loose cannon. They like to go through all the usual bullshit channels to claim popular support for anti smoker policies. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see him back pedalling over this.davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11798854336918540232011-07-03T08:58:52.733+01:002011-07-03T08:58:52.733+01:00Anon @22.17
You're spot on, there. Only one p...Anon @22.17<br /><br />You're spot on, there. Only one problem, SHS. Without that nothing else stands. That's the only aim. Belting the credibility of it's troops like ASH is a good start but there's also the APPG, another fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22126182317321324042011-07-03T08:38:51.069+01:002011-07-03T08:38:51.069+01:00Bartlett is not fit to pick up butts - well, not f...Bartlett is not fit to pick up butts - well, not fag ends, anyway.<br /><br />Would like to come if work permits.Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-41032899865422542502011-07-03T06:29:12.243+01:002011-07-03T06:29:12.243+01:00Hi DP,last year Stony Stratford denied it had a pr...Hi DP,last year Stony Stratford denied it had a problem with smokers/smoking ban-and then the Working Mens Club suddenly closed due to lack of customers after donkeys years of providing for the community!handymanphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01366547228505237107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-51728640210550216092011-07-03T00:27:53.535+01:002011-07-03T00:27:53.535+01:00I'd love to come but not sure if I can make it...I'd love to come but not sure if I can make it. my protest went great today. I think it'd be fantastic if we keep up this pressure on the smokerphobics so I hope you can draw enough people to make their voices heard in stony stratford!Pat Nurse MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01591807335364002658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-59973265464168881462011-07-02T22:17:17.177+01:002011-07-02T22:17:17.177+01:00Let us be honest with ourselves,
when we allowed t...Let us be honest with ourselves,<br />when we allowed the silly total<br />ban to survive ,we opened the <br />stable doors for every hair brained ass and neutered mule to<br />prowl the streets with even more<br />barmy suggestions.<br />Mind you ,(Milton Keynes)there's<br />a real nest of whackos ,weirdos,<br />freaks, poo poos and hand wafters<br />As for the Silly Billy councillor<br />he just requires some detailed<br />attention.As said before,if the<br />half cocked landlords and yellow<br />streaked pub goers in the dipstick<br />town crawl under their garden gnomes,whats the point in worrying<br /><br />There must be some Spartans somewhere,but where ?<br /><br /><br />Bring back normal pubs brigadeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-25850914568915900552011-07-02T21:23:33.185+01:002011-07-02T21:23:33.185+01:00People who throw cigarette ends on the floor are s...People who throw cigarette ends on the floor are scum, as far as I'm concerned. It's just litter though, and there are plenty of ways of dealing with litter louts already, so the bulk of his justification is utter nonsense, unless he also advocates banning crisps and chocolate.<br /><br />That leaves only the first sentence, regarding harming people [gratuitous mention of children]. I'm sure he has some evidence to back that up. Does he?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-86371643683047644282011-07-02T18:44:55.910+01:002011-07-02T18:44:55.910+01:00Dick, this is definately a worthy day out, it need...Dick, this is definately a worthy day out, it needs national coverage and thousands of smokers with placards etc.<br /><br />Hope to come alongB7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-11599180701803158442011-07-02T18:41:03.507+01:002011-07-02T18:41:03.507+01:00Well spotted Dick. I have passed those lies onto L...Well spotted Dick. I have passed those lies onto Look East and the Daily Express<br />http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/256242/How-dare-they-smoke-us-outAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-86396378190704787832011-07-02T18:11:28.098+01:002011-07-02T18:11:28.098+01:00I would love, absolutely ADORE, to join you in Sto...I would love, absolutely ADORE, to join you in Stoney Stratford. Sadly it's a little far from Greece to go just to blow smoke from my red-lipsticked mouth into Cllr Bartlett's face.<br /><br />But I'm visiting the uk in August. Do tell me if you still need a little help. I even have my own dinky little silver and cloisonne travelling ashtray.<br /><br />My professional opinion of Cllr Bartlett, apparently shared by his political minders, is that he is a fucking LULU.Lysistratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193876192173490810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-91671009811386768892011-07-02T18:08:41.284+01:002011-07-02T18:08:41.284+01:00Sounds like a plan, can you announce exact renezvo...Sounds like a plan, can you announce exact renezvous point, place and time etc? And check that this is where the vote will be held.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-26183986810167787292011-07-02T18:06:57.329+01:002011-07-02T18:06:57.329+01:00A date needs to be set first, WfW. Watch this spac...A date needs to be set first, WfW. Watch this space for details.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-88128356793637011212011-07-02T17:29:23.966+01:002011-07-02T17:29:23.966+01:00Sounds like a plan DP, where to meet and what time...Sounds like a plan DP, where to meet and what time?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-5448319651207204702011-07-02T17:09:19.556+01:002011-07-02T17:09:19.556+01:00Rosie: Why not come along then? It's nice and ...Rosie: Why not come along then? It's nice and central. Step away from the hoover and get on a fast train for the day. ;)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77334966961295229322011-07-02T16:53:52.685+01:002011-07-02T16:53:52.685+01:00Interesting character. All the more reason to pop ...Interesting character. All the more reason to pop along and make an appearance. ;)Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-77274162043831119182011-07-02T16:51:54.301+01:002011-07-02T16:51:54.301+01:00Apparently he also was accused of going round to t...Apparently he also was accused of going round to the womans house and she thought that he was going to hit her.<br />Xxxxxx also alleges that at one point on 8th May Cllr Bartlett raised his hand causing Xxxxxx to fear that he was going to assault her and that Cllr Bartlett then shouted at her as she closed her front door.<br />http://cmis.milton-keynes.gov.uk/CmisWebPublic/Binary.ashx?Document=30362<br /><br />Also:<br />Conservative Party agent Gordon Williams said the local party had "not lost any sleep" over Cllr Bartlett's resignation.<br />Mr Williams said: "He has not been a committed person over the last few years.http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/local/lib_dems_pick_candidate_as_top_local_tory_quits_1_859927The witch from Essexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14433164106840403244noreply@blogger.com