Ban that sort of thing

I keep trying to find time to write an article about the latest moves from the new puritans and their ongoing attempts to ban anything they consider immoral, or that any of the rest of us consider fun. The problem is the proposals, white papers briefings and everything else are coming in such a torrent that I can’t keep up. Thankfully there are the likes of Dick Puddlecote and LegIron who do a much better job. Despite that I’m going to try and do a bit of a round up just so I know where we were a week or … Continue reading

No salt, no smokes, no booze, no…

For a very long time many people have been pointing out that the prohibitionists are coming after everything they can now they’ve seen how well the tobacco ban is going. Well now apparently the smoking ban has been declared a success, so will they come after the next targets with more vigour? Well for those that haven’t noticed they already are: Having removed smoking in films they want drink free movies, Tighter drinking controls, increasing numbers of warnings on packaging, higher taxes Or a “new” one this time round rationing Those tried and tested methods used for smoking, and being … Continue reading