mitts off our sticks, Rishi, you petty tyrant

[El Presidente]

 

 

"So mitts off our sticks, Rishi, you petty tyrant. Tobacco is as English as breakfast tea. It was packed into British pipes before the Tory party even existed, and will be rolled, chewed, puffed and sniffed here long after your party is ash in the wind."

 

Save our cigars!

There’s nothing new about Rishi Sunak’s reported proposals to phase out smoking in Britain. His plan has been borrowed from New Zealand’s former leader Jacinda Ardern, whose shamefully illiberal legacy includes the complete illegalisation of tobacco sales to those born after 1 January 2009.   

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