Tessa Jowell Rejects All The Gambling 'SNOBS'
Telegraph News ] Opponents of new gambling law are SNOBS, says Tessa Jowell
'Opponents of new gambling law are snobs,' says Tessa JowellBBC News ] Jowell rejects gambling 'SNOBS'
Opponents of the Government's gambling reforms are snobs who want to deny ordinary people the right to bet, Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, said yesterday.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Ms Jowell suggested that elitism and anti-American sentiment were the true motives of some campaigners against the Gambling Bill.
She said: "There's a whiff of snobbery" in some of the opposition to new casinos: people who think they should remain the preserve of the rich; others that find them gaudy and in poor taste; others that don't want the big investment that will come from the United States.
"Jowell rejects the gambling 'snobs'"Scotsman News ] Jowell Attacks Anti-Casino 'SNOBS'
Ms Jowell says new casinos could bring �5 billion worth of investment
Plans to liberalise Britain's laws on gambling have been defended by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.
There was a "whiff of snobbery" in some of the opposition to the proposals which would relax restrictions on casinos", Tessa Jowell said.
"Jowell attacks anti-casino 'snobs'Gamblog Comment :: Do I agree with Tessa Jowell? Do I think all of the anti casino brigade are snobs? Well actually no, they are quite the contrary. Big time casinos will have their downside as well as up. The anti casino brigade just choose to concentrate on the negatives of gambling and come from all walks of life.
People who object to the liberalisation of gambling are snobs who do not want the less well-off to be able to enjoy visiting casinos, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said today.
