On Times Radio this morning Lucy Powell, Leader of the House of Commons, said that she wanted the government to ‘tackle the scourge of vaping’. Of course she does. This is the next natural step for a government intent on stopping people enjoying themselves, or exercising individual freedom. Never mind that vaping, according to Public Health England, is 95 per cent safer than smoking and that it is recommended by the NHS for smokers looking to quit. Government ministers just can’t help themselves.
There’s nothing more morally intoxicating than stopping others deriving pleasure from something you regard as sinful
Labour are drunk on power. They’re in a ban-happy state of euphoria in the wake of their proclamation that they will potentially prohibit smoking outdoors in small parks, outside sporting stadiums and in pub gardens. It matters not that vaping is vastly safer than smoking, and an effective exit drug. If anything, that’s what makes banning it more alluring.
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