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its been on radio 1 news that the same group of idiots not happy with getting smoking banned in public places are yet again putting another push to get smoking in your car banned despite already failing last year they just cant handle teh fact that people will do as they please in their OWN property.

if you dont want to get in a car with somone who smokes get a nice public bus or better still walk and keep walking until you fall off a bloddy cliff.

next they will be getting smoking banned in your own living room and again if you dont like people smoking in their own home sod off somewhere else

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Not sure accyman but I think its the Royal college of Physicians that has made the report, although I'm a none smoker, for obvious reasons, I say each to his own. Think the idea is that smoking in your own car when kids are in, it damages their health, in that case its up to the parents own judgement to my mind, whether it does damage the children's health

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Amen accyman..........they never know when to quit, do they. Sorry :D

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aye aye and who would implement these laws.its just silly paper talk :D if the goverments concentrated on attracting jobs to these shores instead of wasting time on unmanagable laws

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Oh ye, of little faith.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Merseyside | Home smoke ban for council visits

:D

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I think it will be there loss,they band it in pub,s club,s and look how they are shuting down,so if they ban it in cars,just think what will happen there.

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Don't worry it will be easy to enforce it in car's, just class it as driving without care and attention, the threat of points on your licence will make us tow the line.

After all, now they have been banned, we never see anyone talking on a mobile whilst driving do we?
:rolleyes:

(Texting, yes, talking, good heavens no!).
:D

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Wouldn't worry about it to much by the time they hike the price of both up this afternoon you might not be able to afford either to run a car or buy a packet of fags:rolleyes:

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speaking of unmanagable laws has anyone ever heard of anyone been done for not having their kid in a child seat lately.When the law first came out there were a few casses but iv heard nothing of it since but not to wory im sure its far more healthy for a kid to go through a car widscreen :rolleyes:

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its about time instead of punishing the british driver the govenment started charging the polish etc road tax because as it stands they work here, live here and drive on our roads yet dont pay our road tax

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I don't think that's strictly true. The tax, MOT and insurance laws apply to anyone who is resident in the UK although the foriegn truck drivers are allowed to sweep in and out because they don't actually have a home here. There was quite an informative programme on BBC1 last month about it which painted the police in quite a favourable light as regards clamping down on foreign drivers.

Of all countries, Finland seems to be the one with its house very firmly in order as regards motoring.

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If the powers that be cannot police the use of mobile phones whilst driving, then I think they will have absolutely no chance of ensuring that people do not smoke whilst driving.
Apart from maybe one or two unlucky individuals that may find themselves with fines and points just to make an example of someone.

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Damn those Fin's!

Have they nothing better to do on those long cold Winter nights than to set themselves up as a good example to the rest of the World?

:mad:

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Heard a while ago Finland has the highest suicide rate in europe, so its house i wouldn't really call in order on much.:D

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It's disgraceful!

There should be laws to prevent children from driving, nevermind driving whilst smoking.

:mad:

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Finland, Finland, Finland. It's the country where I want to be, I tell you.

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Happy to help.:):D


Flight schedules : Finnair

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So long as, IF elected it doesn't appear on you're expenses, I'll even turn up with a tear stained hankie to wish you Bonn Voyage!

:ello:

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Thats the Less we all know and love:worthy:

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You have only reported half of the story Accyman .. they are looking to ban in public parks and outside play areas too :eek:

Read a report recently that air pollution is responsible for more deaths than the alleged passive smoking.

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You can't smoke in parks in Glasgow....why do you think I eventually moved back?

:eek::p:D

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Really ! Didn't know that ... wonder what prompted them to do that ? Scared of the smoke getting up their kilts or summat ... :D

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If I am elected and can claim anything from HBC as expenses it will probably be the biggest achievement of my political career.

I'm wearing quite the wrong colour.....

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Why it didn't make much difference to Hazel Blears:D

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He's going to Finland not Germany.

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Possibly, but let's look at things in detail.

If I get elected onto HBC I will be the bald upstart who dislodged a Tory councillor from Rishton - this will not go down well with a Conservative council leader.

On the other hand we have the foxy redhead, Hazel Blears, who is Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government that could potentially make a Conservative council leader very popular with voters over proposals for Pennine Lancashire.

Which one would you give money to if they asked?

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You aren't trying to take Tealeaf's title from him, are you? I didn't realise you had to be hairless to be elected to the council.:)

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You won't have any problems with Peter Ken, my mate Stan will see to that:D

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There's more than a hint of micturation extraction in that statement, surely????

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Just as an aside who is the Tory councillor for Rishton?

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I found this for you
Councillors - Stan Horne

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There's two though Margaret ... which one is Ken up against ?

Councillors - View by Ward: Rishton

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The Winner:D

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Thanks Margaret, Kate Larry is a Labour councillor

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It's Harry Grayson actually, but at least no one is going to forget who he is.

Stan Horne and Jennet Liddle are the two Tory councillors in Rishton although Jennet is stepping down in May.

Unfortunately, most of the people in Rishton don't know that we have three councillors either, which is part of the reason why I'm standing.

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Have you met him, John??

He was asked to put up whereas I requested to be nominated as candidate, he isn't involved with any of the local community groups in Rishton whereas I am, and his flyer is a crude black and white photocopy whereas Graham has laid out my newsletter and photographs to actually show the work I do in Rishton.

We have a blogspot which I update on a weekly basis with what is happening in Rishton and I work continually with Harry Grayson (our existing Labour councillor and a born-and-bred Rishtoner) in sorting out problems for any residents that get in touch with either of us.

There has been little in the way of canvassing from the Tories (and certainly not with Peter Britcliffe) whereas I have had Graham and the Labour faithful rallying with me on several occasions.

Of course, none of that remotely guarantees me a place on the council come polling day but I would like to think that I am by far the better candidate in Rishton because I already do some of the things which I expect of a councillor.

Until two weeks ago I was prepared for a good clean gentlemanly fight and then I witnessed that his 'canvassing' involves trying to slag me off to the regulars at the Workmen's Club while I'm stood at the bar.

How about some policies and principles instead, or are they unfashionable with Hyndburn Conservatives?

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Very True

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Beyond Our Ken and Round The Horne.

Gosh, I'm looking forward to that!