‘Conservative’ government in name only? Watch this space

To watch our fringe meeting at the Tory conference in Manchester click here or on the image above.

Panellists were me, the IEA’s Chris Snowdon and Reem Ibrahim, and Mark Oates, director of We Vape.

Rumours persist that Rishi Sunak will announce further anti-smoking measures during his conference speech tomorrow.

Whether this will include a New Zealand style generational ban on buying cigarettes, or extending the smoking ban to outdoor areas such as beer gardens, we’ll have to wait and see.

Either way, as I said yesterday, “If it’s true that the prime minister wants to introduce some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measure, it will be a ‘Conservative’ government in name only.”