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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

Miri, there's another angle on this ban - in a recent YT vid featuring Farage on this subject, one commentator left an interesting comment that the attack on pubs could be another attempt to close more of them down, and to free up the properties for 'other purposes' like housing our incoming guests. This is a highly cynical comment - but I actually would not put it past the rainbow multikult regime to do this.

Smoking ban: Farage slams Starmer's plan | 'What's it got to do with you!?'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDDsIkTZ0GY

P.s. I don't smoke anymore, and I have to keep away from the booze (I like it too much), but that Westminster pub outside of which Farage is making his point looks like a jolly nice place for a fag (a cigarette - not a homosexual), to have a good drink and meet a few sporty birds ;) just like the old days...

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

I’ve never been a smoker but they have been unfairly demonised for many years.

When you see someone sitting on a park bench enjoying a cigarette in quiet contemplation or with a drink outside a pub it’s one of their favourite times of the day. And why shouldn’t it be? They pay more than enough tax for the privilege. Anyone who believes this government (or any government) cares about the health of the nation is deluded.

Hopefully everyone, particularly publicans and the millions of non-smokers, will be against any further restrictions on the rights of smokers but sadly, history has shown the vast majority of people are extremely selfish and cowardly when it comes to standing up to the government, especially if they are not personally affected.

Very interesting comments on the movie Demolition Man. Will have to watch that again 👍🏻

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

Many of those that demonize smoking actually smoked themselves at one point in their lives.

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Homeless people with card-readers will save global capitalism.

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Sep 4·edited Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

The King's Speech stated that the new government wishes to stop all commercial nicotine products by 2030 (following Sunak's earlier Tobacco and Vapes Bill that aimed to prevent children born after 2009 from ever being able to buy tobacco products).

During the Covid plandemic years, it was discovered that smokers appeared to be strangely protected and nicotine patches were recommended 'on the street' as a preventative and therapy. One doctor's research* into its possible health effects showed that nicotine itself is not addictive. In commercially-produced tobacco, it is the hundreds of other added chemicals that cause cancer and addiction.

Will the future inflict upon us more pandemics from man-made bio-weapons for which a banned nicotine may be a defence?

*Dr Bryan Ardis

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

"One doctor's research into its possible health effects showed that nicotine itself is not addictive. In commercially-produced tobacco, it is the hundreds of other added chemicals that cause cancer and addiction."

I think here's the rub! Organic tobacco is clearly considered a superior product from the muck that they've been throwing into commercial cigarettes for a long time now (remember people used to smoke cigarettes without filters during the 20s, 30s etc - then they added in those weird filters which contain all sorts of chemicals too).

Red Indians were known for using tobacco for social and spiritual purposes (organic, natural tobacco no doubt).

There's a book called 'Cigarettes are Sublime' by author Richard Klein which is an interesting cultural and historical study into cigarettes (e.g. why they were promoted during wartime, how cigarettes were promoted aggressively into the 2nd and 3rd worlds in order to justify importing western 'health' methods). A very interesting book... thought I'd share.

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

If only 12/13% of people smoke and not everyone of them go to pubs, why is it assumed that pubs will close their doors when the ban comes into effect?

Also, no mention of outside shopping centres, office buildings (a biggie) or bus stops etc? Because we’re all on our phones there?

Bogus reasons. Ulterior motives. 🎯

And you put it well; the government’s only job is to protect our rights.

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

"If only 12/13% of people smoke and not everyone of them go to pubs, why is it assumed that pubs will close their doors when the ban comes into effect?"

Farage has a go at explaining why. See the link in my comment, above.

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Banning the partaking of cigarettes, cigars and pipes wherever they can, supposedly for the individual and greater good, is actually another example of them blowing smoke up the ars*s/asses of all of us.

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If we were the 'native Americans', two-tier kier would think twice before he banned the outdoor pipe smoking... might get scalped or an arrow in the face.

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I am starting a petition to have the NHS renamed to my name for it, more fitting in terms of its aims, outcomes and suicidal and democidal acolytes… National Homicide Service.

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A very interesting article.

When pursuing 100 per cent perfection, the amount of effort for the last 10 per cent usually exceeds the previous 90 per cent. For this reason, at any given time industrial processes seek perfection but manage affordable imperfection - until the next step becomes viable.

The B-M-A, working for the oiky D-o-c-t-o-r-quacks and of course the N-H-S have had this irrational pursuit of absolute smoking eradication. Meanwhile death from drug abuse along with many other illnesses, goes on with less hysteria. Indeed, smokers have been threatened with non-treatment by N-H-S many, many times.

There are many things to consider and correct, which are way less perfect that the current efficacy of anti-smoking 'information', so it is a pure distraction. 'Look over there!'

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This poor fool thinks that 'asians and immigrants' are more generous than white people because they are being benevolent.

Birmingham’s SPICE EPIDEMIC prt 1.

https://youtu.be/yMlpdip13ic?t=269

In fact, they are feeding his habit so he will kill himself. They are his enemy. Poor soul.

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Gosh. That was tough to view - an addict who knows what he wants and is on a fast path to oblivion. Poor soul.

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Very much so. IMHO there should be no (English) homeless people in the UK.

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The Nordic countries, based on the challenging winters, make homelessness very difficult to achieve. Everyone - citizens and Police - took action should anyone be found outside even for a few hours. Street living was not tolerated.

There is in effect a flat or house for every adult.

That was 2 decades ago, and while the policy has not altered I suspect the housing stock 'spare' has been mopped up by mass immigration.

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Yes. I've spent a few years going backwards and forwards to Finland. Whilst there is homelessness, the long winter periods make it very difficult and there are excellent efforts by their system to look after and house such people (although some homeless do actually survive the winter somehow - imagine being homeless in Helsinki from November through to April in any year?!).

Where I live in Birmingham, post 2020, a literal homeless community has been growing and growing. I've no problem with that but every time I walk past I think this is a clear indication that something is breaking down within the system. Meanwhile, over the road there is the local Registry Office and I've literally seen people of arab origin pull-up outside in a GOLD-SPRAYED BMW, get out of the vehicle and walk right in with several children. Plus other non-English turning up, in large 4x4 vehicles and get out with several children in tow and enter the Registry office. Something is not right... it's heartbreaking.

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Thoughtful and well reseached post. Thanks for the links. I have been wondering how they will attack football attendance with its inherent "risk" of social interaction. To this end the Arabs have been used to buy some celebrtated footballers to play abroad in front of tiny crowds. Perhaps this is the first stumbling, exploratory step to diminish the tribalism of soccer support. Similarly, more elite boxers are fighting in Dubai and are watched online.

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Anyone who still pays for and supports corporate sports is beyond help.

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

You are so damn great at this.

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

Excellent article, Miri. Sure you are totally on the ball here!

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Right again.

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Great article. Thanks! Glad someone’s on my side!🤪

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Sep 5Liked by Miri AF

Although I agree it’s probably one of the angles used to damage pubs, not sure I agree it’ll be the death knell to them.

As a previous owner of cafes and now a local grocery shop, I know for a fact communities need a focal point to meet at. Take out smoking, yeah it may effect a few but the draw of what really make pubs brilliant will be too strong (imho).

Tbh factors like minimum wage increases, an increase in staff illness (wonder why), increase in cost of goods, business rates, VAT etc that’ll sink them before a smoking ban.

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And exorbitant energy prices of course!

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Sep 4Liked by Miri AF

You are absolutely on the money, Miri.

But what can we do about it? And everything else what's going on...

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Sep 5·edited Sep 5Author

I think if and when the ban comes into place, as many as people as possible should stand outside pubs holding lit cigarettes (they don't actually have to smoke them if they are non-smokers). If enough people did this - and I think many would - it would be a powerful, peaceful form of protest. It would also show the ban was unenforceable - bar staff couldn't possibly tackle hundreds of people, and the police can't be at every pub at once. Worth a try perhaps....

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Good idea! My husband and I will do this. We have a pub just down the road from us!

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Sep 5Liked by Miri AF

Yes ban smoking in public, I'm sick of seeing cigarette butts all over the place destroying our beautiful environment. Then again I'm vehemently against government telling us what we can and cannot do, they are OUR servants!

I see what they've done, it's divide & rule tactics, again. Also distraction, also gobbledygook, is nicotine good or bad against a virus that may or may not exist? Keep the public in a total state of confusion. Or keep whipping the public into a total state of frenzy and hatred towards the present political system until they reach a point where they beg for a new system or draw a line in the sand and make a stand, probably why they're beefing up the police numbers and closing local stations?

Oh I am a smoker by the way, might also start chewing nicotine & buy a spittoon, just in case.

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At least cigarettes degrade eventually. Those little plastic vaping cylinders do not and I am sick of seeing them dumped from someone's car out onto the pavement everywhere. Furthermore, don't get me started on seeing those industrial nitrous oxide cylinders strewn everywhere because of the new urban trend (particular among nightly police-dodging, joyriding mohammedans) of 'huffing'.

Will two-tier kier ever tackle the mohammedan yoof's 'huffing' practices? Or will he not want to upset them?

Will the mohammedans ever learn?

“That 5 second buzz is not worth it” The Dark Side Of Laughing Gas | Drugs Map of Britain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM5yAxnK52k

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Sep 5Liked by Miri AF

Very insightful as always. And ugh, now I need to switch to bamboo toilet paper!

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