Although we are a part of the EU, we pay one of the highest taxes on drink. Thought we were all equal within the EU? Now he has stopped people smoking in the pub.
Does he wonder why people go on 'booze runs' abroad - increasing the French economy at the cost of the British - then stay at home and drink?
The English pub was somewhere where everyone could meet, talk, play games, etc - hence the name of 'Public Houses'.
One County is losing pubs at a rate of 25 a month - even before the smoking bans come in.
So, will Mr Blair go down in history as the killer of one of the basic English ways of life?
2007-02-15 00:48:25 · 14 answers · asked by Bunts 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Irish pub life has faced the same challenges as those in England. The main cause of change is the young. Both our countries have apaulling statistics in relation to underage drinking and binge drinking. This is the death of traditional pubs as they are being replaced by "drink to get drunk culture". The likes of Tesco and other supermarkets selling alcohol cheaply is perpetuating the problem.
The smoking ban however has changed the pub scene in Ireland, people who smoke still go out to pubs but so do people who hated smoke-filled rooms. The main reason for the smoking ban is to protect those working in the industry from a massive health concern. If someone flouts the statistics about the amount of smokers in the industry, they should remember it is one thing inhaling smoke when you want or feel like, quite another inhaling that of others all day.
It is not for the government to reverse this, it is up to society as a whole, the government on its own has made things worse with allowing supermarkets to sell alcohol below cost. It is up to parents and communities to show the true damage which is caused by overdrinking and show the benefits of traditional pubs where alcohol is consumed over a longer period of time and where social activities are done at the same time.
2007-02-15 02:46:13 · answer #1 · answered by eorpach_agus_eireannach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The loss of old style pubs is a national tragedy. Lovely smokey old places where you could could meet up for a chat without feeling you're supposed to be buying a meal, or having to shout over the synthesised music. My local even used to have a piano. And a darts board. And definitely no food (apart from pork pies) or children. Blair's manifesto about smoking was CHOICE but he caved in to the anti-smoking lobby. Yes, he should be hung in effigy as the English Pub Murderer.
2007-02-15 08:32:00 · answer #2 · answered by Molly F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 12:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is also fair to say that pub chains like Wetherspoons and the likes are also having the same effect. They are operating exactly the same way Tesco do, and putting all the smaller shops out of business. Larger pub chains are doing exactly the same.
I deffinately go to the place which sells the best, but cheapest pint, and it certainly is not the "local" pub which has been there for oodles of years.
2007-02-15 00:54:58 · answer #4 · answered by Will M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What as opposed to:
Iraq war.
Erosion of civil liberties.
NHS cash crisis.
Cash for honors.
Govt incompetence.
Global warming.
The hole in my trousers.
You want to blame him for closing English pubs?
I for one will be glad when they get rid of smoking in pubs.
The supermarkets are selling loss-leading alcohol so there's plenty of cheap booze around.
I think generaly speaking if people went to pubs they wouldn't be closing. Perhaps there are just too many pubs around and not enough drinkers?
You missed off the change in UK eating and drinking habits to be more healthy.
I think Mr Blair has enough on his plate to be blamed for..!
2007-02-15 00:56:32 · answer #5 · answered by Simon C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pubs? what about schools, hospitals - never mind The English Pub - and yes it is dreadful as some of them are 100s of years old and belong firmly in our heritage, but your question should be "will blair go down in history for bringing the british empire to its knees" the answer is yes.
at least maggie stood up to the americans... at the time I couldnt stand her, but in retrospect, she was not all bad - comared to the prat we have now. (Now look what you've started...) She'd have told the EU where to go and hands off.
2007-02-15 00:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by Helen C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
probably- but he will also go down in history for sending british troops to iraq and along with bush, they will both go down for illegallly invading iraq without a UN resolution
2007-02-15 03:43:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He'll go down in history for killing most things in this country.
2007-02-15 03:18:57 · answer #8 · answered by Beau Brummell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he's just a killer, like his owner George W. Bush.
2007-02-15 03:12:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We drink too much so a few less pubs will be no loss for me.
2007-02-15 00:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by patti_felz 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋