Hamish (Guy Fawkes) Howitt's Court Case 5th November 2007

This is a sad day. Both for freedom and for choice. This country is big enough to cater for all legal life-style choices. And you know, Hamish doesn't even smoke! I shall continue to fight for my country and its freedom to choose. I haven't as yet been brainwashed into the road towards facism. It's unfortunate that so many of our once wonderful citizens have already fallen into that trap. God help us all! Well done Hamish.

It is a sad day for freedom. Hamish has lost his license. He is a decent honest man who is now paying the penalty for standing up for the ordinary people their freedom to choose. The criminals are the government who have brought in this evil draconian unnecessary ban. Th elderly blind for whom Hamish's bar was the last bastion of freedom are now cast out into the vile winter Blackpool weather. I despair of this no longer great country!

I am disgusted that a person that refuses to ask a smoker to stop smoking get found guilty of a crime and yet the bouncer who asked a smoker to stop smoking was shot DEAD. Good Luck Hamish

So as of today 2/12/08 Hamish had his premises licence revoked on the grounds that allowing somebody to smoke in a public' place is now described as a "crime and disorder". No crime there, the major crime is by this government forcing elderly, infirm, disabled out on to our streets in some sort of Nazi smoking experiment. Good Luck Hamish in yor continued fight.

What a prat! how can he compare smoking in the street to a blind person and dog, just shows what a fool he is

You idiot he wasn't "comparing" anything. He was saying he wouldn't send out a blind person with a guide dog if they wanted a smoke. Go have your ears checked you silly old fool.

As one of Our Great Patriots once proclaimed, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"" Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. And on this side of the pond, vote for the Libertarian Party of America.

Just ask yourself, what right of yours will be relinquished next? Who will become the next group of law abiding people to become treated as defacto criminals? One day it will be you sir. Guaranteed!

LoL - "First they came for the lung-cancer-contributors, and I did not speak out because I was not a lung-cancer-contributor." This law defends my right - which is everybody's right - to have a pint in a smoke-free environment. If folk want to top themselves slowly, they've got ample opportunity in the safety of their own home - where only their immediate family will have their health put at risk.

Indeed friend! As one of Our Great Patriots once proclaimed, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"" Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775. And on this side of the pond, vote for the Libertarian Party of America.