Editorial: Nanny knows worst

by Hugh Filman, Acting editor Promotions & Incentives 06-May-08, 10:20

We have all heard commentators and politicians rabbiting on about how the "nanny state" treats us as easily-led children. Often it is just posturing designed to score easy political points. But sometimes it does seem that the authorities think we need to be protected from ourselves.

In this case, the authority in question is the EU. The UK has little choice but to accept an EU directive that, in theory, stops the use of the word...

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