Labour latest - part one
I returned to Brighton, the place I lived for about two years, with anticipation about what this current Labour Conference would behold. Would it be all about when Blair goes and Brown takes over - or will it be about their plans for their next election campaign?
After the first day are we any wiser? Well not really.
In the bar at The Grand, John Reid and myself rubbed shoulders - both of us drinking a diet coke (yes the hard stuff). It's glad to know the man in charge of the nations defences is only likely to be impaired by to much caffeine. Having said that he wouldn't have been too pleased if he was still in his previous role as Health Secretary.
Given the number of Labour delegates lighting up and the haze of smoke drifting through The Grand, it seems that Labour's plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places may face resistence from their own supporters. But that again - isn't John Reid also against such a move?
Celebrity spot of the day - Eddie Izzard..... wasn't he funny once?
After the first day are we any wiser? Well not really.
In the bar at The Grand, John Reid and myself rubbed shoulders - both of us drinking a diet coke (yes the hard stuff). It's glad to know the man in charge of the nations defences is only likely to be impaired by to much caffeine. Having said that he wouldn't have been too pleased if he was still in his previous role as Health Secretary.
Given the number of Labour delegates lighting up and the haze of smoke drifting through The Grand, it seems that Labour's plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places may face resistence from their own supporters. But that again - isn't John Reid also against such a move?
Celebrity spot of the day - Eddie Izzard..... wasn't he funny once?
posted by Jonathan Sheppard @ 10:59 pm
2 Comments:
At Monday, September 26, 2005 9:26:00 am,
James Hellyer said…
"Given the number of Labour delegates lighting up and the haze of smoke drifting through The Grand, it seems that Labour's plans to introduce a ban on smoking in public places may face resistence from their own supporters. But that again - isn't John Reid also against such a move?"
He certainly is. Dr Reid has said that smoking is one of the few pleasures open to the poor (though the current price of a pack of 20 might tell us why so many smokers are poor). In a way he has a point. Smokers predominately come from the lower demographics groups now. This means that increases in tobacco duty by Labour has the ironic effect of being a regressive tax on the very people they think of as their core constituents...
At Monday, September 26, 2005 11:02:00 am,
James Hellyer said…
Eddie Izzard..... wasn't he funny once
Here's one vote for No.
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