Election Year or Fear!

[SithHappens]

What does everyone think of the alleged smoking bans in public places? I have never smoked and detest it, but not sure if i support an outright ban in pub gardens etc. For me pubs that have beer gardens that can provide a smoke free zone within the vicinity of doorways should be allowed to let someone smoke outdoors.

But not where food is consumed (cooked meals not pork scratchings)

[Ramshank72]

If labour stop me smoking a brisket, there's going to be some serious civil unrest!

[Andy_Faber]

What does everyone think of the alleged smoking bans in public places? I have never smoked and detest it, but not sure if i support an outright ban in pub gardens etc. For me pubs that have beer gardens that can provide a smoke free zone within the vicinity of doorways should be allowed to let someone smoke outdoors.

But not where food is consumed (cooked meals not pork scratchings)

All for it. IMO smoking (and therefore imposing second hand smoke on others) is ignorant. Personally I’m highly sensitive to whatever the residue is so even being near a non-smoking smoker is uncomfortable for me (like hay fever) but in general it’s the ignorance/lack of respect for others that tips the scales

[Geoff Parkstone]

Didn’t ‘call for’ anything at all, AF. The thread is about this year’s elections (plural).

The thread title refers to election (singular) as it happens....

[ramAnag]

The thread title refers to election (singular) as it happens....

No, oh pedantic one, it refers to year (singular). It is an election year on both sides of the Atlantic, that’s two elections, as is made crystal clear in the opening post.

[Geoff Parkstone]

It's an election year in over 50 countries globally Personally I can't wait for the Palau presidential elections in November

[ramAnag]

In an attempt to keep the politics on one thread and as election year begins on both sides of the Atlantic, let’s agree that it hasn’t been a great week for those, like me, of a ‘centre left’ persuasion.
Frankly any party that can’t defeat the dishonest and incompetent rabble masquerading as the current Government/ Conservative Party doesn’t deserve to win and, although they still have my full support, we’ve perhaps seen the first signs of a wobble from Keir Starmer in the last couple of days…certainly one which will arm and excite the ‘flip flop’ brigade.
There must also be concerns about the impact Reform UK - or whatever the reincarnation of UKIP is now called - on the Election result bearing in mind the still unresolved chaos they caused via Brexit.

More worrying still though is the ‘performance’ of Joe Biden in recent times. Now looking - and acting - every one of his 81 years it looks as if US citizens have a choice between the amoral and frankly deranged Trump v Joe Biden who is displaying the first sad signs of dementia.

Let’s not forget that this is an election of probably the most powerful individual in the World and certainly the leader of the West. Without being disrespectful, at least not to Biden who I believe to be a good man, can this really be the best the USA has got to offer and as JB shuffles onto another platform where he’ll forget his lines and confuse his countries/leaders, shouldn’t we be considering an age cut off where leadership is concerned?

I know I could no longer do the job I used to do and I’m well over a decade younger than Uncle Joe. From what we’ve seen this week I wouldn’t trust him to run our local Parish Council let alone the most powerful nation on the planet and I fear the images that we’ve seen this week are only going to provide further ammunition for Trump supporters. Where has the next Kennedy, Clinton or Obama gone…there surely has to be a stronger candidate somewhere.

Thoughts?

Sorry, but which bit of this opening post of the ‘Election Year…’ thread, written in February, is confusing you, GP?

[Geoff Parkstone]

That's your take on the matter of the elections in the year. A narrow agenda of your own making. Does that first post define what everyone must discuss on the thread? I'd suggest not, it's just your own interpretation of a broader subject and a starter for 10. Nothing in the title restricts the subject matter.

[Trickytreesreds]

You seem to be confusing election and immigration again Tricky.
Maybe you should start your own immigration thread. Oh no, you did that didn’t you? Dedicated it to me for some obscure reason. Remind me…how many responses did it get, was it three or four…all but one with love from you to you!

Keep swerving. To quote yourself. "Whos' in charge?"
He wants more free movement. Done nothing to curb the immgration nightmare.
7000 illegals have flooded in. in his 50 days in charge.

What you are seeing now, is still a left over of the freedom of movement debacle and you and your mate screaming the benefits of European membership and free movement.
Its like a ponzi sxheme and our current PM refuses to acknowlege anything of the problem. "IT'S ALL DOWN TO FAR RIGHT ACTIVISTS"

[swaledale]

Source please for you claim of 7,000 asylum seekers - your incorrect to call them illegals, as by International Law, they are not illegal until their claims have been processed.

As for the rest of your post its utter bull****.