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06 May
2008 Smoking Ban To
Be Reversed? Bookmakers
William
Hill are
offering odds of 33/1 that the UK smoking ban will
be overturned by the next General
Election. The smoking ban
has proved hugely unpopular with pub-goers and
landlords. The ban has caused a massive drop in the
number of customers and led to job
losses. The smoking ban
legislation was introduced on 1 July last year with
numerous reassuring claims that non-smoking
customers would visit pubs more often - a claim
which proved to be incorrect. Labour's poor
showing in the recent local election results may be
partially blamed on anger at the smoking ban as
customers see their local pubs, bingo halls and
working men's clubs empty and close
down. Labour's
disastrious local election results - in which their
projected share of the national vote dropped to
24%, pushing them into third place behind the Lib
Dems - were topped by Ken Livingstone's defeat by
Conservative Boris Johnson in London's mayoral
race. UKIP
(UK
Independence Party)
could gain a massive boost from smokers in the next
General Election as they are the only main
political party to have stated in their manifesto
that they intend to repeal the smoking
ban. UKIP are
currently a 1000/1 outsider with William Hill to
win the next General Election but these odds could
tumble as more smokers and annoyed pub-regulars
learn of UKIP's manifesto pledge. |
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