stewbacca
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Early Day Motion Challenging TPD
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Good on that MP, though I don't hold out much hope for anything useful coming from it. At least those with a voice are finally realising e-cigs could possibly be the most important improvement to public health ever and all from a consumer led revolution which cost the state nothing.
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Surely if they're going to talk about it it should be the kick up the arse everyone needs to write to their MP if they haven't already.
Also, thanks to TPD it's taught me more about politics than anything else.so maybe it's good for something
Also, thanks to TPD it's taught me more about politics than anything else.
Thanks for sharing
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Excellent! Was too much to hope that one was my MP.
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Still waiting for mine to reply to me.
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It is all good as far as it goes, and if more MPs sign all the better but it will achieve nothing much in the short term.
An early day motion is a chance for MPs to express opinions and put them on the record, they rarely lead to anything concrete.
It is good in that it helps counter the negative press that vaping and that is good, but it will not lead to any significant change. In the longer term it is positive and may help reduce the chance of further regulation or taxation.
The House of Lords debate this evening is the same, it is a chance for politicians to express opinions and we could do with more positive opinions but there is no obvious path towards positive change from these expressions of support for vaping.
An early day motion is a chance for MPs to express opinions and put them on the record, they rarely lead to anything concrete.
It is good in that it helps counter the negative press that vaping and that is good, but it will not lead to any significant change. In the longer term it is positive and may help reduce the chance of further regulation or taxation.
The House of Lords debate this evening is the same, it is a chance for politicians to express opinions and we could do with more positive opinions but there is no obvious path towards positive change from these expressions of support for vaping.
The House of Lords debate managed to squeeze two things from a Government Minister, namely a promise to have "Italian style" light touch to regulation enforcement towards vaping regs and a promise to advise the Ministry of Health not to suggest vape tax to the Treasury.
The TPD itself has been years in the making, in the UK at least it is rapidly unraveling.
The TPD itself has been years in the making, in the UK at least it is rapidly unraveling.
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