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fireman328 · 01-11-2005, 11:10

Who is going to administer the ban ? If it is, as a previous post suggested, the police, then I will be asking my MP why are these resources being used in this way. At the moment it is impossible to report your car being stolen without you having to attend a police station and in the Metropolitan Police area calls on the 999 system are stacked until a unit can respond, sometimes until the following day.
Will the accused be allowed their day in court or will the ubiqitous ASBO be used ? What evidence will be gathered and who will gather it, if it is that required for criminal cases the lawyers will have lots of work and the court system will become even more overburdened.
The Poll Tax riots showed that pushed far enough the populace will vote with actions demanding that priority be given to matters of greater importance than lighting up a cigarette in a pub.
Let the government not lose sight of the 20% of the population who are smokers who could, if pushed could ensure that at the next election they became Her Majestys Opposition instead of Her Majestys Government.

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fireman328 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Surrey Posts: 1,356	Re: smoking and the pub Who is going to administer the ban ? If it is, as a previous post suggested, the police, then I will be asking my MP why are these resources being used in this way. At the moment it is impossible to report your car being stolen without you having to attend a police station and in the Metropolitan Police area calls on the 999 system are stacked until a unit can respond, sometimes until the following day. Will the accused be allowed their day in court or will the ubiqitous ASBO be used ? What evidence will be gathered and who will gather it, if it is that required for criminal cases the lawyers will have lots of work and the court system will become even more overburdened. The Poll Tax riots showed that pushed far enough the populace will vote with actions demanding that priority be given to matters of greater importance than lighting up a cigarette in a pub. Let the government not lose sight of the 20% of the population who are smokers who could, if pushed could ensure that at the next election they became Her Majestys Opposition instead of Her Majestys Government.