by Blad Tolstoy
Some of you may have come across ASH's flickr site before, but if not, well here it is:
One thing that particularly struck me was the meeting of the All-party parliamentary group on Smoking and Health at Palace of Westminster, undertaken in June 2010.
See:
and note well here the heading under the photograph of Martin Dockrell:
"ASH - All-party parliamentary group on Smoking and Health - Palace of Westminster, 06 June 2010"
You know, I thought these all-party parliamentary groups were supposed to be neutral and bound to set aside their personal prejudices in favour of objective analysis. But ASH seem to have colonised this one in no uncertain terms. Well, what's new? Parliamentary democracy is frequently a load of crap.
I am nevertheless struck by the picture of Stephen Williams, New Chair of the all-party parliamentary group on Smoking and Health. Strewth! Hi there chubby chops!
Why do so many of these people look so unfit? They also swing between extremes. You will all remember Liam Donaldson's bulimic lifestyle when, in a sweat of guilt he went from this:
to this:
(Yuck! Still not a pretty sight!)
Now we have Stephen Williams also going the way of all flesh. Er... So why doesn't he take a leaf from the book of old Skull 'ead, namely Professor john Britton?
Or perhaps Professor Robert West - he''s approaching the "skull 'ead" phenomenon too?
Nope, it doesn't look too good - from one extreme to the other, but maybe you'd prefer an equally unattractive variation, namely, the pockie, nobly skin look aka the Mole 'ead Dockrell touch also shared by Liam D. See:
These people just don't look healthy - don't you think they'd be better off with a pack of Woodbines?
