Has Starmer’s Plan To Ban Cigarettes in Pub Beer Gardens Been Snuffed Out?
British nanny state’s scheme appears to be at risk amid fears for jobs and industry.
British nanny state’s scheme appears to be at risk amid fears for jobs and industry.
Semaglutide is being presented as an economic panacea—alongside the threat of greater state intervention in private life.
Public health minister Andrew Gwynne complained that past efforts to tackle obesity have had “zero impact.”
Next nanny-state measure from Starmer: forcing pubs to close their doors early.
Brussels wants new Europe-wide bans to include products that don’t contain nicotine.
The plans “should leave any Brit who believes in individual responsibility and choice aghast,” one critic said.
Some Tory MPs would let the ban pass so long as their preferred cigars were made exempt.
A nanny-state approach to nicotine policy undermines democracy and transparency.
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