Cigarette ban blamed for choking life out of working men's club
Jump to full article: Luton Today (uk), 2008-04-22
Author: Andy Gayler
Intro: Traditional Labour supporters are threatening to oust Luton's MPs at the next election in protest at the smoking ban.
That was the warning from campaigners at the town centre's CIU working men's club as the site faces tough times.
Sean Spillane, a Labour voter who works at the Arndale-based social club, has lead protests against the ban since private clubs were first included.
He said Margaret Moran MP and Kelvin Hopkins MP stood to lose their seats as core voters punished them for supporting an all-out ban and damaging a way of life.
"The local Labour Party should be worried because traditional voters have already left," he said.
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