Jon Gaunt condemns "health Nazis". Again.
Saturday, March 12, 2016 at 11:39 Many of you will be familiar with Jon Gaunt.
He's the radio presenter and columnist who was sacked by TalkSport for calling a London councillor a "health Nazi" after Redbridge council announced plans to ban smokers from fostering children.
That was in 2008.
The following year Jon set up SunTalk Radio in a basement studio at News International's Wapping HQ. I thought it was rather good. Sadly it didn't last.
Last year, following a brief stint on Fubar Radio that ended unhappily, Jon launched Talk2MeRadio which is available via app and podcast.
Yesterday I was invited to talk about the 'voluntary' ban on smoking and vaping on Little Haven beach in Pembrokeshire.
Demonstrating he has lost none of his rebellious streak, Jon was quick to condemn the "health Nazis" who have introduced the measure.
For that alone it's worth listening to. Click here. The interviews starts around 33:20.
Better still is listening to Jon promote Delish, an Indian food company. Magnificent. To catch that tune in around 32:20.
Health and Safety Nazis strike again as Welsh beach bans smokers. Mar 11 Pod 1 https://t.co/44BHnkBlik via @audioBoom
— Jon gaunt (@jongaunt) March 12, 2016
Reader Comments (1)
Well, I thought it was interesting that a magistrate made head line news for preferring straight couples over same sex couples for adoption. If either couples were smokers there would not be a problem because neither would be able to adopt
in the first place. Given that the WHO found that the children of non-smokers have a statistically significant 20%
increased risk of lung cancer compared to the children of smokers one would have thought that there should be a blanket ban on non-smokers adopting children. That would be morally repugnant , only smokers deserve to be discriminated against on the grounds of smoking status and questionable public health arguments. As far as I am concerned denying millions of people the ability to adopt purely because of their smoking status is a hate crime pure and simple. Far more disgusting than the blanket smoking ban, repugnant though it is.