On the way to yesterday's States meeting, Deputy Stewart was enjoying a cigarette and, when he finished it, placed it in a drain. But he had not bargained on eagle-eyed member of the public and vehement anti-smoker Richard Lord having his say.
Mr Lord spotted Deputy Stewart carefully placing the extinguished cigarette in the drain and decided he could not let such an act – which he classified as littering – go unremarked.
'It is the most ubiquitous form of litter in the island, it gets into cobbles, into other areas you can't quite reach and does not bio-degrade,' he said. 'I would like him to front a campaign of responsible disposal.'
Deputy Stewart saw no problem with his actions, and said it was standard practice for him to do exactly that, or if a bin was nearby, place it in there.
He declined Mr Lord's suggestion he should become involved in a campaign.
