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Originally Posted by fireman328
Private members clubs are a special case. These are not your average establishments such as "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Club" they are the very exclusive clubs as seen in Mayfair etc. where you have to be vetted before you can apply for membership and the members are ballotted on your acceptance, if just one member votes against you are "blackballed" and will not gain membership. A lot of MPs are members of these clubs so it could happen that an MP voted for the restrictions on public smoking whilst still being able to carry on smoking in their club. Whilst the "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Club" will be required to ban it.
Crazy innit !
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Er, I'm a member of a private club as are many, and they don't by any stretch have to be like The Garrick. Indeed, I wish mine was as upmarket as the Wheeltappers & Shunters! It's a working mens club where people with kids are shunted into a side room which is by far the smokiest in the building. So it's not just club member MPs who will be able to circumvent the ban - which is why I would like it to be total. Donno why the Govt is vacillating as we all know a total ban will eventually be introduced (a point which also kinda makes this thread redundant
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