In defence of energy drinks

With Britain so sluggish, Keir Starmer and the Labour party should want to reenergise the country. Indeed, they are preoccupied with energy, and not just the dire state of the British electrical grid but energy drinks. Labour is set to propose a ban on the sale of energy drinks to under-16s. Most British supermarkets have already introduced voluntary bans but this would make them comprehensive and legally binding.

There’s an irony here. Labour wants to extend the right to vote to 16-year-olds. At the age of 16, in other words, Keir Starmer thinks you are mature and informed enough to have a decent understanding of Britain’s domestic and international prospects but only just mature and informed enough to decide whether you want to have a sweet caffeinated beverage. I’m going to need a lot more caffeine before I can wrap my brain around that one.