Here in the UK, the Government has been criticised for "climbing down" in its presentation of a new bill to curb smoking in pubs: instead of an outright ban, it will allow smoking in private clubs and in pubs where "food" is not served (where the definition of "food" isn't quite settled). Whether you think such a ban is Nanny-statism or sound health policy, it seems weird to complain when the government has just followed Bismarck's dictum: "politics is the art of the possible". Are we meant to be shocked that the government has... compromised? Isn't that what governments are...
Posted by Andrew on October 28, 2005 10:57 PM
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