Hockney Sounds Smoke Alarm

British artist David Hockney likes to smoke a cigarette now and then, which makes him an anti-social menace in the eyes of a government intent on eradicating smoking in public places. He got furious at Labour MP and tobacco nanny Julie Morgan the other day. Hockney told her:

"Death awaits you whether you smoke or not. Pubs are not health clubs. People go to drown their sorrows. We could save a lot more lives if we refuse to serve alcohol, you could argue. This is ridiculous. It's bossy. Why must every place be suitable for you? Can't there be some place suitable for me?" 

He has the public on his side. Fewer than one in three Brits — 31 procent — support Labour's wholesale ban on smoking in pubs and restaurants. Most people in the U.K. want everyone to be able to choose between smoking and non-smoking facilities.

Imagine that: Freedom of choice. What a lovely, liberating concept. Too bad the members of Tony Blair's posse would like to put their bootprints all over it.

Comments

[Garth]

"Why must every place be suitable for you? Can't there be some place suitable for me?"

Freakin' Brilliant!

[caroline]

Yeah it would be great to have places for none smokers and smokers. But who in business is going to choose to cut their customer base. It has to be all or nothing. In response to David Hockneys remark I myself and most probably Tony Blair couldnt care less about whether you choose to smoke or not. I just want to be able to have a drink without the eye watering level of stinky smoke that currently abides.