How can it possibly cost £29.5m to teach council staff how to spot smokers in pubs and issue fines after smoking is banned in pubs across England on July 1st?
They will have the power to enter premises undercover, allowing them to sit among drinkers, and will even be able to photograph and film people.
So yet more public spirited council workers sitting around doing nothing, only this time in pubs...
In Scotland, there have been just 11 fixed penalty notices issued to premises in the last 10 months, with many councils having issued none at all.
Are they also allowed to target underage drinkers or does that require special training too?
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Great minds here, glad you added the info about Scotland, to think we are spending millions on this is so ridiculous.
Can you fucking imagine it, a two day bloddy course most likely. At a posh hotel suite hired out with tax payers money.
A powerpoint presentation showing a "smoker" - a haze of smoke coming up from him, an arrow pointing to the tab in the soon to be accused hand.
Time was I used to joke about shitty banana republics and no we are living in one - minus the bananas of course.
Fido and Ellee, why can't Landlords be trusted to follow the law? They already are with underage drinking.
Can it be long before the first council worker sues for working in a smokey environment!?!
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