AWT petition update
Thanks to the following for uploading the web button (right) with a link to Antony Worrall Thompson's petition:
Dick Puddlecote
Freedom2Choose
Nothing 2 Declare
Orphans of Liberty
Tea and Cigarettes
Underdogs Bite Upward
The following blogs have also linked to the petition:
Frank Davis
Fuel Injected Moose
See also:
E-petition launched to review the smoking ban (ConservativeHome)
New Petition to Amend the Smoking Ban launched (Progressive Vision)
The smoking ban must be reconsidered (Freedom Association)
And:
Worrall Thompson calls on government to amend smoking ban (Retail Times) and Antony Worrall Thompson launches petition for smoking ban review (CatererSearch.com)
At the time of writing there are 504 signatures on the petition.
I've been at a wedding most of the day.
Just got back to find that the London Evening Standard featured a short item about AWT's petition ('Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson has downed knives to take part in the e-democracy revolution ...').
The petition also attracted the attention of the Mail Online. In an article entitled Why e-petitions are proving to be more than just a gimmick) Harry Phibbs wrote, 'New petitions keep appearing all the time. This week saw one launched by the celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to allow smoking rooms in pubs.' Sadly the Mail didn't link to it.
At the time of writing the petition has 841 supporters. Tomorrow we will send an e-newsletter to supporters of the Save Our Pubs & Clubs campaign. That should push the figure beyond 1,000 but there's a long way to go before we reach our target of a place in the top 20 petitions.
Meanwhile two more blogs have linked to the petition: