Labour's smoking ban killed the British pub

[MyUserName]

It's the sport of kings; at least it will be if Mike Tindall ever gets near the throne.

To be fair he could quite happily throw fully grown men around so Dwarves won't be persecuted.

[BoredBloke]

You aren't allowed to pick on dwarves.

Just put a outstretched hand on their head and watch them windmill away while you kick 'em in the bollocks. Pretty simple really - if its a girly dwarf I think its a bit unfair to kick her in the tits though!

[Mich the Tester]

To be fair he could quite happily throw fully grown men around so Dwarves won't be persecuted.

It's just a shame he couldn't throw a ball very well. Not that I could either, but then I didn't play centre.

[MyUserName]

It's just a shame he couldn't throw a ball very well. Not that I could either, but then I didn't play centre.

I just looked him up and according to his stats on wiki he was shorter than me and lighter than I was before I cut my weight down a stone, weird - he seemed quite big on the field.

Although I can honestly say I would run rather than face him in a brawl though, although he could easily catch me so I would have to run and hope he gets bored before bringing me down.

[Mich the Tester]

I just looked him up and according to his stats on wiki he was shorter than me and lighter than I was before I cut my weight down a stone, weird - he seemed quite big on the field.

Although I can honestly say I would run rather than face him in a brawl though, although he could easily catch me so I would have to run and hope he gets bored before bringing me down.

TV and the modern skin tight shirts make players look bigger than they really are. He's a hard bastard though.

[newcastle]

Business Rates

The smoking ban may have hurt pubs - but personally local councils refusal to address business rates is killing them.

They take the view that Pubs should be taxed based on how many pints they COULD serve... not what they ARE serving.

As such although revenues dropped, their rates didn't and the extortionate money they kept paying to the council "for nothing - they don't even get a bin" pushed a lot under.

It might not have been the knife going in... but it certainly added a nasty twist.

[Gittins Gal]

The smoking ban may have hurt pubs - but personally local councils refusal to address business rates is killing them.

They take the view that Pubs should be taxed based on how many pints they COULD serve... not what they ARE serving.

As such although revenues dropped, their rates didn't and the extortionate money they kept paying to the council "for nothing - they don't even get a bin" pushed a lot under.

It might not have been the knife going in... but it certainly added a nasty twist.

Well, quite. And I think that argument could be applied not just to pubs but every business on the High Street.

[Mich the Tester]

They take the view that Pubs should be taxed based on how many pints they COULD serve... not what they ARE serving.

Same here in NL; it makes me wonder; when and why did politicians become so bloody vindictive towards people who are trying to make an honest living?

[d000hg]

There you go again implying that fat=bad.

Sure, nobody wants to be overweight but in years gone by people were just that. Overweight. And they didn't have all this guilt heaped on them by the health fascists.

If you're too big too fit in a seat, it is bad. Not because of press brain-washing, but because of cold hard medical evidence that being that fat means you're likely to die within a few years.

You can see in my responses to this thread that I do not think all women should aspire to some media-driven ideal.

[hyperD]

I want to know how really, really, really fat people wipe their arses. Do they have some sort of shoe shine machine in their bathrooms?