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The good the bad and the soggy

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Not going to say much about the recent protest in Stony Stratford as Dick Puddlecote has said pretty much everything that needed to be said. The turnout seemed to be predominantly local – though the record for furthest travelled must got to a chap over from Russia. The anger both at the proposed ban and the councillor in question was quite pronounced. For a very sodden Saturday morning the turnout seemed really quite respectable, and the atmosphere was very friendly and sociable. The general message did seem to encompass more than just the local ban, and reflect a growing dislike … Continue reading →

Bun fight at the OK tea rooms

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Well more freedom demo at the Vaults bar in Stony Stratford, but given Councillor Bartlett’s behaviour so far it does look like we’re dealing with an intellectually unarmed man. Realistically the chance of Mr Bartletts proposals “to ban smoking outside” going through even without a demo are very very slim – but of course we’ve seen that before many times. The first time a ban is proposed it’s laughed at an ignored, so next time round the lack of protest is cited as evidence that people don’t mind. This gets repeated a few times till a ban is brought quietly … Continue reading →

Smokes and Brews

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Mainly a load of links to other peoples stuff today by way of plugging an event over in Stony Stratford. Smoking or rather stopping people enjoying smoking has been much in the news of late with Australia being the first country to adopt plain packaging laws (H/T Dick Puddlecote), a move which Leg Iron has observed previously will just make counterfeit smokes all the easier to make. So serious are the famously relaxed and chilled Ozzies about the use of plain packing that an individual daring to sell packs in anything other than drab green will face fines of up … Continue reading →