News · 23 July 2026

Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe wants smoking rooms back in pubs

Rupert Lowe, who leads the right-wing party Restore Britain, has called for pub landlords to be allowed to create indoor smoking rooms. He stated on X that if adults and landlords agree, it's "none of our business" to stop them. Lowe's proposal comes nearly two decades after England's indoor smoking ban began in July 2007.

By BriefTea Editorial · 23 July 2026 at 15:33

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