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Link: Churches incensed by ‘stop smoking’ signs | Uk News | News | Telegraph.

This is a tiny story, not particularly significant in itself, but the final sentence is chilling.

A Department of Health spokesman said the Government was anxious to work with religious organisations to ensure that their responsibilities under the law were clear.

Government spokesmen don’t feel the need even to respond to critics any more. "Work with … to ensure their responsibilities under the law [are] clear" is Labour-speak for "make sure they do as they are damn well told."

2 responses to “Churches incensed by ‘stop smoking’ signs”

  1. Tim Worstall Avatar

    Could someone remind me of how many cases of smoking in church there have actually been since Raleigh brought the weed back?
    Churchwarden pipes were not, contrary to Nu Lab beliefe, for smoking inside were they?

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  2. Richard Havers Avatar

    Do you think they’ll be ‘engaging with stakeholders’ as well?

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Tom is a retired international lawyer. He was a partner in a City of London law firm and spent almost twenty years abroad serving clients from all over the world.

Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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