Another 100 Pubs In Harms Way

The nightmare continues.

This time it is Laurel Pubs looking over the precipice.

Pub closures are now the "must have" accessory for Pubco's.

100 publicans, their families, their staff, and the wide array of little companies that support a pub's operation are in danger.

Real people, real closures, real pain, real heartbreak.

Contrast that, if you will, against the governments confession recently that second hand smoke evidence is insubstantial.

Second hand smoke harm is pure fiction. Hard times for these 100 families is a cast-iron guarantee.

All this hardship, for businesses and their customers, so that HMG can hit a target of 21%.

When will they discover that smoking bans only make an oppressed people more determined to smoke? It's classic reverse psychology.

Smoker prevalence was falling year on year. Until the ban was introduced.

It's time to wake up and smell the failure.