It is sometimes said of the political Left that it wants everything to be filtered into three categories: free, illegal or obligatory. To which Rishi Sunak says: hold my Mexican Coke. The prime minister's proposal to ban young people from being ever able to legally smoke passed its first Commons hurdle last night, in the face of a decent-sized Tory rebellion.
MPs voted 383 to 67 to grant the Tobacco and Vapes Bill a second reading, which would make it illegal to sell tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009. I don't know if any 15-year-olds read this newsletter (talk about a misspent youth), but bad lack.
