David Hockney: I hate Gordon Brown and Tony Blair for smoke ban - Mirror Online
David Hockney: I hate Gordon Brown and Tony Blair for smoke ban
Artist David Hockney yesterday attacked the Government's smoking ban for interfering in his life.
Artist David Hockney yesterday attacked the Government&apos;s smoking ban for interfering in his life.
A lifelong smoker, he is backing a cross-party bid by MPs to relax the ban and bring back smoking rooms.
Hockney, 76, told the BBC&apos;s Politics Show that he blamed Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. He said: "I loathe them for it."
The artist is furious that his local cafe in east Yorkshire no longer allows people to smoke at tables outside in case the aroma wafts indoors.
Hockney said that if ministers had told the late TV chef Keith Floyd to give up rich food, alcohol and cigarettes to live longer, "he would have said to them, that&apos;s not what I call living. Up yours".
The pop artist added: "That&apos;s what someone should say to Brown, to his face - what on earth are you doing?"
David Hockney: I hate Gordon Brown and Tony Blair for smoke ban - Mirror Online
David Hockney: I hate Gordon Brown and Tony Blair for smoke ban
Artist David Hockney yesterday attacked the Government's smoking ban for interfering in his life.
Artist David Hockney yesterday attacked the Government&apos;s smoking ban for interfering in his life.
A lifelong smoker, he is backing a cross-party bid by MPs to relax the ban and bring back smoking rooms.
Hockney, 76, told the BBC&apos;s Politics Show that he blamed Gordon
 Brown and Tony Blair. He said: "I loathe them for it."
The artist is furious that his local cafe in east Yorkshire no longer allows people to smoke at tables outside in case the aroma wafts indoors.
Hockney said that if ministers had told the late TV chef Keith Floyd to give up rich food, alcohol and cigarettes to live longer, "he would have said to them, that&apos;s not what I call living. Up yours".
The pop artist added: "That&apos;s what someone should say to Brown, to his face - what on earth are you doing?"