There's a whole blogosphere raging at the Policy Exchange 'think-tank' today, it seems.
It comes after the organisation issued a report for yet more to be done to victimise the soft-target of the poor, downtrodden smoker.
Some excellent breakdown and analysis on Dick Puddlecote and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist - backed by heavy hitters including no less than the highly respected (by this blogger, at least!) James Delingpole.
Alex Massie over at The Spectator has now also waded in, stating: 'Smokers are Patriots'.
Guilty on both counts - smoking and being patriotic.
Which got this blogger thinking...
A lot of the blogs which talk about defending the national sovereignty and upholding our civil liberties are also, seemingly, disproportionately more likely to be pro-choice on smoking.
Patriotism, defence of sovereignty, civil liberties, smokers...
I can feel a chemtrail-ing conspiracy theory coming on here. Maybe they are determined to make us us all stop smoking because...
...only joking - on this occasion! ;)
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