People like David Hockney come few and far apart. He feels that the Labour Government got in the way of his smoking and he hates them for it.
The 72-year-old British man has been smoking all his life. He is part of a group of MPs who are vouching for the ban to be loosened. This group has members from all political parties who want designated smoking rooms to be allowed in pubs.
The turning point for Hockney was when he found out that he was no longer to smoke at the outside tables of his regular cafe in Yorkshire. This ban was implemented because the owners of the cafe were afraid the law would be breached if smoke from the outdoor tables wafted in.
Hockney says that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tony Blair are responsible for these prohibitions and that he "loathes them for it."
This sentiment is understandable, especially for a person who has gotten used to this way of life and has spent third quarters of a century smoking. It is really a breach of our freedoms if we can't even use outdoor air the way we want to…
[Via: DailyMail]
