A pro-liberty campaigner and one of the last great smokers. He campaigned against anti-smoking regulations over his lifetime and said in 2005:
“You cannot have a smoke free bohemia. Without a bohemia you pay a heavy price… Picasso smoked until he was about 98 and so did Matisse…
I smoke for my mental health, so do most people actually. If they are not on it what replaces it? Antidepressants. I’d prefer a cigarette.”
He was still fighting for individuals’ rights last year (and smoking). Requiescat in pace…
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”