Smoking, smacking, smart-phones for kids: never mind the “nanny state”, today’s national debate seems crowded with demands for decisive action from politicians to save us – or our children – from ourselves.
Rishi Sunak’s ban on selling cigarettes to under-15s for ever once they come of age is supported by 59% of the public, according to one recent poll.
He has been unabashed about defending the tough policy, despite some of his more libertarian colleagues claiming it is an infringement on personal freedom, and one, Don Valley
