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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8342888.stm

The article is about banning smoking in hospital car parks and grounds, but it was this that caught my eye:

“Last month MPs supported a backbench amendment to the UK government's Health Bill to outlaw cigarette vending machines in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

‘I think that most people would agree that banning tobacco vending is the right way forward’” -- says Health Minister Edwina Hart

Would they? I wouldn’t. I supported the ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants as this means the staff don’t have to get poisoned, because it means you can go to such places without ending up stinking, and because the smokers can still smoke, they just have to walk a few paces to do so. However, the last time I checked, smoking was legal. While it remains legal, buying and selling fags shouldn’t be restricted. If the government seriously think this will cause less smoking they are even nuttier than I already think they are. The smokers I have known tend to have enough with them to cover their nights out, whether this be 40 Camel or an ounce of Golden Virginia.

This is just yet more New Labour nonsense that grabs headlines yet achieves nothing, and that has been their modus operandi since day 1 they got in power. They’ll be out at the next General Election to be replaced by David Cameron and his sleazy cronies who will crow for a few months, be in power for 10 years and then be replaced by Nu-New Labour.

This illusion of democracy, that our votes actually mean anything or “make a difference“, endures even though we’ve been flip-flopping between these 2 parties for almost 100 years now.

Meet the new boss, the same as the old boss. An amazing version of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” here, with Pete Townshend on his own with an acoustic guitar:

Cheers, Tom.