Quote Originally Posted by andy222 View Post
Most pubs cater for smokers outside Steve but I am going on the social aspect of things too. As you know a lot of pubs have closed now and it was not the price of beer that sent them to the wall. When I was 18 there was nothing more british than going to the pub and a pint and a fag. It was a part of life. What smoker wants to stand outside having a fag in the freezing cold? Thats what closed the pubs down.
I left in 2007.. So happy to say ,I was never forced to experience a no smoking pub and still cant imagine it. Must be terrible.
This is what I think..
For those that like taking their kids inside Pubs and who like drinking inside a clinical non smoking environment there should be such places in a free society..
For those who like to walk into a traditional British Boozer with a genuine atmosphere(which is no place for kids except in a beer garden on a hot Sunday afternoon) then why cant this group of people enjoy their freedom to do that?
I always thought the British were free people living in a fair market, capitalist economy where they could vote with their feet and spend their OWN money where they wished?
If such freedoms were again granted,how many no smoking pubs would survive?
I really hope that many would!! That way those who prefer the more traditional pubs would not have to be followed around by some of the whinging nagging nursemaids amongst them..
Thats the last thing they need when they are trying to enjoy a quiet pint or two!! F... me!!!!!
If the non smoking pubs did survive then that would mean the demand for them made a viable business which would be good.. Same goes for where I would prefer to drink..

But no. Big Government has taken away the Brits right to choose and IMO this is the thin end of the wedge.. Its very sad watching my Country slide into a big brother nanny state but Ive witnessed it happening for years..
I really miss the old country.. Farewell old friend.

For those non smoker wannabe nurses and do gooders wishing or thinking about living in the Philippines one day,perhaps this is not really the place for you..
You choose!