At least, that’s what they seem to be saying this week, as Dick Puddlecote chronicles…
Fortunately, the Tories are acutely aware that 52 pubs per week are closing, considering the fact that two thirds of Tories voted against the smoking ban that killed them. A party that wishes to enhance property rights, personal responsibility and defend the business owner’s freedom to be self-determinant, are definitely going to do something about it, aren’t they?
Course they fucking are – not.
"Mr Simmonds [Tory shadow minister for health] agreed with Mr Clark that the smoking ban is merely pushing the problem into people’s homes or onto the streets, but said it is a law that no Government would overthrow."
Staggering, ain’t it?
It should be staggering, but I’m not in the slightest bit surprised. Smokers have lost the battle, and the Tories are going to pick up, and run with, the righteous playbook in attacking drinkers. Not problem drinkers or antisocial drinkers. Well, actually, yes antisocial drinkers. Know why? Because denormalisation is succeeding in reframing all drinkers as antisocial.
I’m absolutely not going to be voting Tory at the next election.
AJ
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