While the prime minister wants us to believe he’s making a break from the UK’s failed political consensus, his generational smoking ban is just more of the same old infantilisation of adults.
Of course Claire being a 60 a day sort of gal (tee hee).
However I take a very liberal attitude towards vice as long as it doesn't affect me. People are built differently and 'whatever gets you through the night' as the song goes. I really don't want the thought police intruding into every aspect of our lives.
It didn't take long for the 'journalists' on Today to extrapolate to other 'wrong' decisions adults make. What about unhealthy foods, "For 14yr olds, it will never be legal to buy a burger or drink Red Bull."
It didn't take much longer for our superheroes in white coats (currently on strike) to start talking about alcohol either. And from prohibiting certain things, it is only one short step to mandating others, "You will have a bowl of All Bran each morning!!"
Of course Claire being a 60 a day sort of gal (tee hee).
However I take a very liberal attitude towards vice as long as it doesn't affect me. People are built differently and 'whatever gets you through the night' as the song goes. I really don't want the thought police intruding into every aspect of our lives.
It didn't take long for the 'journalists' on Today to extrapolate to other 'wrong' decisions adults make. What about unhealthy foods, "For 14yr olds, it will never be legal to buy a burger or drink Red Bull."
It didn't take much longer for our superheroes in white coats (currently on strike) to start talking about alcohol either. And from prohibiting certain things, it is only one short step to mandating others, "You will have a bowl of All Bran each morning!!"