A stalwart pub owner has rebuked claims a beer garden smoking ban will hammer another “nail in the coffin” for the hospitality industry. Philip Thorley, of Thorley Taverns in Thanet, insists “good pubs” will not shut if the government’s divisive proposals are rolled out. PM Keir Starmer’s Labour appears set to ban smoking in some outdoor areas; restaurants, sports venues, hospitals, nightclubs, and small parks. Explaining he would rather the rules were not enforced, Mr Thorley said: “As for pubs closing, bad pubs shut, and good pubs don’t – If you’ve got a good business that’s well run and del…