This is really Chris Snowdon\’s beat but:
Imperial Tobacco was asked by the Government to prove that thousands of postcards opposing plain packaging on cigarette packets were not fakes after questions were raised over the similarity of the handwriting.
They were accepted after re-examination.
But note that no queries were made over the responses in favour of plain packaging…….
E-mail from the UK Centre of Tobacco Control Studies to various people while the consultation was taking place :
“You can only vote once on each petition, but I would seriously doubt that there will be cross checking between charity petitions so it may be worth signing all of them to get your money’s worth!”
Nothing to see here. Move along.
http://velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/no-to-plain-packs-signatures-were.html