Speaking engagement: UKIP 'Bin the (smoking) Bin'

Saturday 25th April, 2pm

I spoke at the Painters Arms, Drighlington regaring the UKIP Bradford 'Bin the Bin' campaign.

"First they came for the people who wanted to smoke in pubs, I did not speak out as I do not smoke. They then came for the people who refused to sign up for an ID card; I did not care as I had an ID card. They came for the people who could not afford to pay their pay-as-they go road tax; I did not speak out as I always pay my taxes. Then they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak out for me!"

Quote: Jason Smith

So far the campaign has hit the followng pubs and has also extended further than the Bradford & District borders.

New Furnace	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Beehive	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Waggoners	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Cap & Bells	Buttershaw	Bradford South
Kingshead	Low Moor	Bradford South
Drop kick	Low Moor	Bradford South
Royal	Low Moor	Bradford South
Mail Coach	Low Moor	Bradford South
Northern	Low Moor	Bradford South
The George	Low Moor	Bradford South
Nags Head	Queensbury	Bradford South
Stags Head	Queensbury	Bradford South
New Dolphin Inn	Queensbury	Bradford South
Halfway House	Queensbury	Bradford South
George III	Queensbury	Bradford South
Old Dolphin	Queensbury	Bradford South
Junction	Wyke	Bradford South
The Crown	Wyke	Bradford South
Oddfellows Hall	Wyke	Bradford South
Oddfellows	Wyke	Bradford South
Brown Cow	Wyke	Bradford South
Prince of Orange	Halifax	Halifax
The Swan	Lockwood	Huddersfield
The Lockwood	Lockwood	Huddersfield
Lockwood Con Club	Lockwood	Huddersfield
Lockwood Lib Club	Lockwood	Huddersfield
The Fountain	Newsome	Huddersfield
The Fleece	Cullingworth	Shipley
The George	Cullingworth	Shipley
The Guide Inn	Harden	Shipley
The Golden Fleece	Harden	Shipley
The Station	Harecroft	Shipley
The Ling Bob	Wilsden	Shipley

14 pubs have so far returned petitions, totally 546 signatures. We expect that figure to grow quickly as petitions continue to flood in!

The return of fluoride!

Health put second

Sir – The European Food Standards Authority (EFSA), the EU body that controls food standards, has approved fluoride as a food product.

This is very bizarre. Firstly, the classification of fluoride as a food is very dubious as it does not have any nutritional benefits.

We are told that fluoride prevents tooth decay; a claim I would not accept, but its classification as a medicine would make more sense.

If fluoride had been classified as a medicine then it would have had to undergo rigorous trials to prove its safety, which I believe it would have failed. Could this be why it has been ‘wrongly’ classified?

Anybody who has read the warnings on their fluoride toothpaste will discover “caution: do not swallow”. Hardly the stuff we should be adding to food supplements.

Not only has the EFSA approved this dangerous substance but they have proposed to ban hundreds of natural vitamin and mineral supplements in 2010. These are supplements that have been used for hundreds of years without any adverse effects.

It seems the EFSA is once again putting the wishes of the multi-national pharmaceutical companies before the health of the people.

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Tuesday 7th April 2009
Telegraph & Argus

Civil Enforcement Officers

'Cut price' coppers are of course undesirable, but not necessarily a threat in themselves.

Do the government feel they might need more civil enforcement on the streets very soon?

Civil Enforcement Officers enforcing the Civil Contingencies Act?

Police in all but name?

SIR – I have to agree with R J Lacey’s letter ‘parking penalties’ (T&A, March 11), 61 parking offences does seem rather excessive.

The other thing that concerns me is the evolution of traffic wardens, now known as civil enforcement officers.

As well as having a new name and outfit, they have also been afforded new powers. As well as enforcing the multitudes of parking offences, they can now also assist with preventing anti-social behaviour.

Furthermore, the Traffic Management Act, which ushered in the new officers, also makes provision for the appropriate national authority to confer further “special powers” on traffic officers. These special powers would be the same powers granted to police officers.

The Government might deny that these special powers will ever by activated, but I think the name Civil Enforcement Officers gives the game away.

It looks like we have more ‘cut price coppers’ on the way.

Jason Smith, UKIP Bradford chairman, Woodlands Avenue, Queensbury, Bradford

Telegraph & Argus, 27/03/09