# In the news thread
**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17
**Category:** General
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17 "2019-03-04T15:57:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20035 "2026-04-07T23:20:43Z")
> **[Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire if Iran opens Strait of Hormuz - follow live](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5yw4g3z7qgt)**
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> Pakistan had proposed the ceasefire after the US president threatened that "a whole civilisation will die tonight" if Iran did not agree to a deal.
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### Author:  [@Zoro](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Zoro)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20036 "2026-04-07T23:37:45Z")
So many spineless Michael Fabricants in his cabinet. Israel doesn’t do ceasefires.
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### Author:  [@Sleipnir](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Sleipnir)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20037 "2026-04-08T07:01:39Z")
> [@TerryTibbs](#):
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> Just wanted to point out he’s bipolar, not mental.
My feeling about Kanye is that as well as being bipolar he probably is a bit mental too. Creative artists often are - if you can call him that.
There’s probably a better term for it, but what I mean is he thinks and does things that most people would never even dream of.
When he applies it to his music, he comes up with stuff that has the power to surprise.
It’s why he’s a multimillionaire.
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 7:33am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20038 "2026-04-08T07:33:26Z")
I think Donald Trump may now be in the running for the Nobel Peace Price after this ceasefire.
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20039 "2026-04-10T17:27:03Z")
> **[Mandelson faces £300 fine for urinating in street, council says](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czd7gd5m024o)**
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> Lord Peter Mandelson is set to be fined for public urination but the council cannot find an address.
No address found for him is weird as well. Massively shifty little fabricant
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### Author:  [@ForwardMotion](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ForwardMotion)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20040 "2026-04-10T17:46:18Z")
Bet someone’s letting him live in their property for free. Bit like the owner of JCB paying Boris Johnson’s rent.
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [April 10, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20041 "2026-04-10T17:50:04Z")
That was my thought too
Not a political bribe, merely a friendly agreement
He was round his mate George Osborne’s as well, all fun and games to them isn’t it
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20042 "2026-04-21T10:02:44Z")
> **[Smoking ban for people born after 2008 in the UK agreed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn08jy6w0l5o)**
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> The "landmark" legislation aims to stop anyone born after 1 January 2009 from taking up smoking to create a smoke-free generation.
First I’ve heard of this. Obviously smoking kills and should be discouraged but whoa, lifetime ban for the potential consumer of the tobacco?
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### Author:  [@markg](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/markg)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20043 "2026-04-21T10:11:22Z")
Someone pointed out that you might end up with a 40 year old stood outside a shop asking a 50 year old to go in and buy a packet of fags for them.
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 10:26am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20044 "2026-04-21T10:26:01Z")
Cigs will cost £200 a packet in 2049 when that 40 year old is asking the 50 year old to buy them anyway.
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### Author:  [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20045 "2026-04-21T11:01:42Z")
Anyone born after 2009 knows that a raspberry cheesecake vape is the way to go.
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### Author:  [@Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Snurp)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20046 "2026-04-21T11:04:01Z")
Fuck yeah I’m down with it
They banned vapes here a while ago and I stopped for a bit but then realised they still sell them everywhere. But they’re getting harder to come by now and I’ve basically quit for the last couple of months
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### Author:  [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20047 "2026-04-21T11:14:41Z")
As long as I’m still free to fall off the wagon occasionally and cane 40 cigs while I’m on a long weekend in Malaga, I have no issue with this
In fact they should have free cigs for fiftysomething ex-smokers in pubs and clubs, if you can prove that you just want a few blasts while you’re pissed with your old mates then you get a pack of 5
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### Author:  [@Snurp](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Snurp)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20048 "2026-04-21T12:07:47Z")
Banning ten packs was dumb AF for this exact reason. I don’t mind having a few on a big night out but now the only option is a big pack that you have loads left over or a vape that lasts over a week.
I probably haven’t smoked a real cig since I left the UK though. It’s deeply uncool here and I don’t want the smell on me
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### Author:  [@Mike](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mike)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:12pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20049 "2026-04-21T12:12:01Z")
Only time I’ve smoked since my son was born is when on drunk weekends with my mates.
And now I do neither. What a boring sod.
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### Author:  [@ForwardMotion](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/ForwardMotion)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:18pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20050 "2026-04-21T12:18:29Z")
I quit smoking in 2011. Was on 40 a day. I think a pack of 20 fags was like 5-6 quid, I was getting duty free baccy for the last few years I smoked so 50g was around a fiver.
How much is 20 cigs and a like a 25g pouch of baccy these days?
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20051 "2026-04-21T12:35:05Z")
Best part of 20 quid at least
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### Author:  [@Hadenough](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Hadenough)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20052 "2026-04-21T12:35:24Z")
> [@ForwardMotion](#):
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> How much is 20 cigs and a like a 25g pouch of baccy these days
£3.7million
So when I was in Spain and saw 20 Luckies for about £3, I got involved quick sharp
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### Author:  [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20053 "2026-04-21T12:36:14Z")
> [@ForwardMotion](#):
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> How much is 20 cigs
£16 (most shops) or up to £18+ (from garages and such).
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### Author:  [@jimvo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/jimvo)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/in-the-news-thread/17/20054 "2026-04-21T12:39:16Z")
I don’t really drink now, don’t do do drugs and quit cigs a couple of years ago but occasionally get a pack for a night out, I need something to do with my hands / brain
Found I can do that without a full smoking relapse
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