Tuesday 25 June 2013

Meet Mr Mean

Via Vapingpoint Liz, do have a look at this YouTube clip. How genuine does he appear to you?


You have been watching Jeremy Mean of the MHRA reading from a script provided by the pharmaceutical industry (allegedly).

This is the man who ignored over a thousand responses to a public consultation from real people and instead decided that killing e-cigs stone dead was easier than being brave in opposing the nine (most state-funded) vested interests who were in favour of medical licensing.

Jeremy was one of the 'experts' who provided 'evidence' to the EU kangaroo court in May, and whose testimony - along with others - was described as "cherry-picking" and "not good science" by the only public health advocate on the panel with a shred of integrity.

Note how he claims that he doesn't want to "ban products currently on the market" despite his proposal meaning - as the MHRA have admitted - that every single one will be refused a medicinal license in their current form.

This is the man who wants to kill the golden goose which has led to hundreds of thousands of smokers switching to vastly less harmful e-cigs; the man who sees the massive harm reduction success of e-cigs as something to be stopped and rendered as useless as patches and gum.

If there was  book written about him, it might look something like this.


And the first line would read "Mr Mean lives in Healthland, which is very strange because he doesn't really care much about health."

Pic courtesy of Max Farquar, do please share widely.



11 comments:

James Pickett said...

Who is he talking to? It certainly isn't the camera.

Steve Brown said...

Jeremy Mean. Cnut. With tomb-stone teeth.

He ought to see his dentist before he talks to me about anything to do with health.
What a cnut. I repeat myself, sorry, I can't help it.

John Gray said...

This person makes me sick. Note the gushing sincerity with which he speaks. He's a twat of the first rank and I'd like to put his balls through a mangle and watch him scream. I'm just happy knowing the endeavours of this smarmy pillock will not, ultimately, come to fruition... I'd still like to put this balls through a mangle though... Er...Is that hate speech? Oh, I'm so sorry!

timbone said...

Here is something which confused me. It is taken from the website of a leading electronic cigarette company, who have their product in many retail establishments, including Tescos . http://www.nicolitesonline.co.uk/news/nicolites-welcomes-licensing-of-e-cigarettes/

Dick_Puddlecote said...

Yep. He's reading it out, probably with commands placed for emphasis and eyebrow-raising. You just have to wonder who wrote it. ;)

Dick_Puddlecote said...

'Hate speech' is just a creation intended to nudge people into self-censorship. Ignore it and fire away.

Dick_Puddlecote said...

I read recently that Nicolites are backed or owned by a tobacco company. I don't know how true that is but disappointing if so.

YouKnowWho said...

Give the guy a break, it's not easy reading a script whilst looking down the barrel of a gun!!

Barman said...

Strange how the unlicensed drug raloxifene can be prescribed to women to prevent breast cancer because it has 'proven harm reduction'...

Yet e-cigs... well, you know the rest...

SteveW said...

You would have thought they'd put forward someone who was at least functionally literate to read the script on behalf of the pharmas.
Shared as best I can, can't hurt to have people see the low quality and obvious dishonesty of these clownhoofs.

JonathanBagley said...

I agree. If I had bigger capitals, I would use them. What you point out is what makes me most angry about this issue.