The smoking ban vote shows just how divided the Tories are

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Even the best intentions have a habit of turning into a Tory family row

‘The PM hopes to stub out smoking. Good luck with that – it’s the bushfires on his own side causing most of the haze’

Sunak does however has a solid case – echoed by Labour – which is that if you want to save money for a cash-strapped NHS and save some lives while you are at it, cutting smoking rates is a very good place to start. And though the policy is being reversed in New Zealand, where it was firstEven the best intentions, however, have a habit of turning into a Tory family row at a high decibel level at the moment.

For Truss and Johnson, the attack is partly about their prominence on the speech circuit, often with libertarian-included US audiences and a personal dislike of rules. In Truss’s case,, but it amounts to the same amount of ordinance being aimed at a PM they both dislike.

 

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