Banning alcohol sponsorship of sports teams (which has managed to cut drinking even in France), cracking down on the smoking around children that in any case hardly happens these days, cutting the number of adults who smoke to one in 10 by 2025, cutting the proportion to zero among all children born from next year, refusal of all party funding from tobacco companies or their lobbyists, curbing sugar in children's foods, banning the advertisement of unhealthy foods before the watershed, and - shock! horror! - teaching cycling proficiency and swimming in schools.
Bring it on.
These would be matters of government concern even if there were no NHS. Public health has a massive impact on economic productivity. Any party that opposed these measures would be, and is, anti-business.
Bring it on.
These would be matters of government concern even if there were no NHS. Public health has a massive impact on economic productivity. Any party that opposed these measures would be, and is, anti-business.
Especially good last point, Mr L. Also remember ill people, weakened immune system etc, make well people ill along with themselves. Public interest in public health.
ReplyDeleteLove the shock horror bit about teaching kids to swim and cycle. As much as anything else, that's a long way from Elf 'n' Safety culture.
Especially good last point, yourself.
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