Pub becomes embassy to beat cig ban
by GrinningFool on Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | No Comments
Landlord Bob Beech is getting round next week’s ciggie ban by turning his bar into an embassy for a remote Caribbean island.
He claims the Wellington Arms in Southampton will be the only pub in Britain to allow smoking after Sunday – by becoming the UK base for tiny, uninhabited Redonda.
Earlier this month a senior “attache” to its ruler named it as the UK consulate for the island, which is 35 miles off Antigua.
As an embassy, it would be classed as “foreign soil”, allowing smokers a haven – as well as VAT-free cheap drinks, reports The Sun.