28 August 2006

This is wearying...

I suppose that it was inevitable. Following on from Mel Smith, we have another smoking 'scandal' (here in The Guardian):
"Keith Richards is used to an occasional run-in with the police, most notably drug charges during the 60s and 70s, but his law-breaking days appeared to be behind him. But the legendary rock band's guitarist is now being investigated by Glasgow city council after it received reports that he had broken Scotland's smoking ban.
Council officials confirmed yesterday they are to launch an inquiry to whether the Stones' axeman lit up on stage at Glasgow's Hampden Park last Friday night when the band played there in their Bigger Bang European tour."

Cue outraged critics of political correctness, scandalised health fascists and thunderstruck libertarians. All so predictable. And a story that will be repeated ad nauseam until the equivalent English smoking ban is in place.

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