"CHURCHILL did not win the war by kowtowing to pettifogging bureaucracy. He smoked that cigar wherever he pleased, and puffed its cloud with the insouciance of a man who knew he was in charge.

But then the Greatest Englishman only had to deal with the likes of Hitler and Stalin; he had the good fortune to live in the days before the Scottish Parliament and its enforcers, the environmental health inspectors of the City of Edinburgh Council

Indeed. Hitler and Stalin were nothing in comparison to the self styled charmless unscrupulous and stupid lefties and do gooders of our times, to borrow somewhat from the author of this piece.

Pre NaziLeft, the licencing laws were often ridiculed for their strictness ~ but they were only born out of a desire to have Englishmen focused before war broke out. Had this not be the case you could pretty much guarantee some snivelling lefty do gooding bigot would have insisted the laws be put IN place – and as always without consulting the wider public on laws that curtail their basic freedoms. The government has little think tanks, scientists and survey groups that act on our behalves nowadays.

I admire Spain's approach. Apparently they have introduced a smoking ‘ban’, which applies only to those bars that want to undertake it. Something which I argued for (only over at A Tangled Web as I recall!) but which seemed utterly beyond the comprehension of most little lefties. After all its democratic for a start. It allows bars to decide whether or not to apply the non smoking regulation as long as they clearly advise their customers by some kind of signage. If so much of the population is allegedly in favour of the ban – and speaking to some friends they would welcome it but aren’t so fussed – then surely there is an argument for a similar Spain style ban here. In other words there is a ‘market’ for it. And its democratic.

There is no argument though. Churchill stood more of a chance defeating the combined evils of Nazism and Communism then we do of defeating some of the unscrupulous charmless and stupid elements of modern day leftyism.

Elements of which have crept into the touchy feely Conservative Party - whose latest antics by the way, suitably enough for all their allying with the left, include changing the Conservative logo from a torch (symbol of FREEDOM) ……to a tree. And no I dont think, even as a great English oak, its a good indication of whats to come.

Incidentally I wonder did Margaret Thatcher or Elizabeth I need the assistance of David Cameron style positive disrimination for women - fast tracking them to the Cabinet? OK Elizabeth acquired her position by birth but she still had to carve her own way through the politics of the time. I'd rather the Cabinet were stacked with talent than bitching females all vying for his attention reliant on their gender rather than their talent.

As Mel Smith said pointedly in the article in relation to the play joykillers not the Tories: “Do these people have any self-respect?"

The City Councillors reponse was he would ‘have to live with it’. Applies more generally don’t you think?