The idea is to prevent addiction forming in newer generation. Rather then banning those they have already developed addiction.
The minimum age has been rising for a couple of years.
This is actually a manifesto promises so has fairly high support. (Unlike almost everything else the gov has done).
Being part of parliament. Is not the same as having MPs vote. Parliament has the right to override the actions of any government. As parliament is sovereign not the government.
Likely thought it was the best option for gaining his seat. Now he thinks otherwise.
Honestly when labour turned right wing. As a way to win elections. They opened them selves to members choosing them to win elections and nothing more.
Turn out is so lo for these local elections. Real idiots never get excluded.
If folks actually turned up to vote and paid attention to who was running. Things may improve.
But when high turnout locals still tend to be in the 10% or less of voters. Way lower for most.
Most councilors only have to rely on a few hundred loyal supporters at most to turn an election.
LOL yep pretty sure anyone with brains called that.
Now let’s see what happens when NATO members try to go through. I expect him to make aoint of nations that refused to follow his offers.
And he will Def pick on all smaller non NATO members ships.
Given he has threatened to attack any ship paying to pass. And China is the nation that was first invited to do that.
Trump starting an open war with China is well and truly a possibility ATM.
Or greens have the spine nessesery to refuse to support non evidenced claims.
Israel has done plenty of prove able shit. Spreading non evidenced conspiracy theories is just as dangerous as ignoring their evidenced actions.
Remember just because criticism of Israel is not antisemitism. Dose not mean anti-Semitic arseholes never criticise Israel.
Jumping on every negative attack on Israel supports the true antisemitics as much as blaming them for every negative comment on Israel supports the Zionists.
Ah you see. You are making the classic mistake.
Of talking like someone who has a basic idea how the internet works.
Unfortunately your target audience (MPs). Dispite being the generation that invented it. Still think of it as a fancy telephone exchange from the 1980s. So assume it’s just telling a few mega corps to do as they are told.
Add a bunch of money grabbing business leade rs into the mix. And suddenly the stupid laws make sense.
If you’re in your late 70s. You have an excuse. But are not likely to think as you do. But if so. Sorry you were fooled by such arsehole Corporations lieing about their own research for decades.
If younger. Then you grew up knowing how dangerous smoking was. Even if you failed to believe the government telling you so. You have no excuse for makeing the choices you did.
And most of us who made those dumb choices do not expect others to take responsibility for them. Even if we find/found stopping hard. In nearly 60 years. Absolutely every government in my lifetime. Has reduced the excuses of the generations forward to fall for the stupidity. Including my father who gave up in his late 60s after cancer. But knew full well how dumb his smoking was when I was a toddler.
You are entitled to your opinion. But everyone else is also entitled to consider you pathetic. For thinking the government is responsible for fixing your own stupidity.