Election 2010: Annesley Abercorn (Con)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Scouring the newspapers for evidence of smoker-friendly candidates, my colleague Karen McTigue found this quote from Annesley Abercorn, the Conservative candidate for Hazel Grove near Manchester (above). Asked if there was anything in his party's manifesto that he disagreed with, Abercorn told the Stockport Express:
"There is nothing I disagree with but I personally would like to see a partial lift on the smoking ban in public places. I believe that pub landlords should have the option to have separate smoking rooms, which are not affecting other customers, and that private social clubs should have the power to determine whether or not to allow smoking in their own clubs as originally promised by Labour. But they then U-turned on it."
Full report HERE.
Above: campaign video for Annesley Abercorn. Bit long but well made.
Reader Comments (3)
He's standing in the seat next to mine, so he would certainly get my vote if I lived there. It is, however, one of the LibDems' safest seats.
It would be interesting to learn where his rather aristocratic-sounding name originated.
I totally agree, its a pity the dictatorship minded political parties do not think like humans and more like robots.
Heh I'm really the only comment to your awesome post?!?