Re: Smoking ban in UK

On Jun 29, 4:10 pm, "William Black" <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Jun 29, 12:58 pm, "William Black" <william.bl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:52:57 +0200, Tim C. <tim.challen...@xxxxxx>
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Following up to Martin <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :

Almost up to Daily Mail standards.

First Post gives me a laugh most days.

At least it's honest.

Who owns the First Post and is there a paper version of it on sale
somewhere?

They're a bit cagey on their home page about who owns them...

Yus, I've wondered about them before.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1553119,00.html
has a bit of info.

Kensington High Street might suggest an Associated connection. Or
might not, of course.

Well whoever's behind it will be getting sick of the outgoings soon.

I suspect it's not commercially motivated. There's hardly any attempt,
even, to sell ads on the site - no ratecard, no sales pitch, no phone
number IIRC.

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