If you live in the Bristol area and want to see a debate on plain packaging, Chris Snowdon and I will be addressing the Bristol Debating Union on the subject tonight.
The event takes place at the Faculty of Arts from 7.30-8.30pm. There will be free drinks from 6.45 so my advice is – arrive early.
Our principal opponent is Stephen Williams MP, chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health and a leading cheerleader for the taxpayer-funded Plain Packs Protect campaign.
At the time of writing there is still no word on the other side's second speaker, which is strange given that Bristol is the home of Plain Packs Protect, Smokefree South West and Cecilia Farren's GASP outfit.
I can't imagine why Farren wouldn't want to share a platform with us. Is it something I said?!!
Update: As Belinda correctly points out in the comments, the other side's second speaker is Dr Gabriel Scully, retired director of public health in the South West.