tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post7852551666565805424..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Nick Clegg on Desert Island Discs, why I want to smack him round the head and the truth about him and smokingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-45948108107846074472010-10-26T11:45:10.426+01:002010-10-26T11:45:10.426+01:00What a puzzling piece! The headline announces a de...What a puzzling piece! The headline announces a desire to smack Nick Clegg around the head, but the body of the text under it says the opposite.<br /><br />If the smoking ban was "evidence-based", there'd be no smoking ban, because most of the studies of passive smoking show no significant risk. And even where they do show a significant risk, the actual risk is so tiny as to be be negligible.<br /><br />Clegg says in the video, in respect of cannabis, "We'd be guided by science". But in respect of tobacco he's not been guided by the science, but by an interpretation of that science by antismoking zealots.<br /><br />And should he allow himself to be guided by science anyway, to the exclusion of all other concerns? If you declare that you're going to be guided by science, you're effectively handing over policy decision-making to a somebody else. You are shucking off the responsibility that you were elected to bear, and handing it to self-styled 'experts' who weren't elected and aren't accountable.Frank Davishttp://frank-davis.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-30893014771149778742010-10-25T16:44:40.472+01:002010-10-25T16:44:40.472+01:00I think women can do that too, anon.I think women can do that too, anon.Joe Ottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380362092159905533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-39178357984981079032010-10-25T12:11:18.068+01:002010-10-25T12:11:18.068+01:00Nick should be a man and tell his children that wh...Nick should be a man and tell his children that when they grow up they too should have the freedom to choose how they live their livesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com