I hear the puritans at Holyrood have done what they intended to do all along and banned the display of tobacco in shops.
Simon Clark at Taking Liberties tells on his blog today about the pathetic attempt of the Scottish Parliament to pretend to be looking at this issue fairly when all along they only ever had one idea in mind.
So what is next, I ask myself, for the ban band-wagon. If the tobacco display ban has nothing to do with these people either getting paid by Big Pharma or pampering to their own bigoted prejudices, and it really is for the good of the children - even though we know display bans do nothing to reduce youth smoking - then my guess is that alcohol displays will be next for the chop.
I mean, let's face it, they say the tobacco display ban is necessary to ensure young people don't see and therefore, presumably, don't want it. So alcohol has to be next doesn't it because day after day, week after week, year, after year, as they grow up, children see alcohol displayed in many aisles in supermarkets as they are pushed in their prams, in pushchairs, and as they walk around the store as their parents shop for food.
The nutters at Holyrood don't seem to be taking any notice of that do they? After all, it obviously goes without saying that because children are growing up living with alcohol on a daily basis by seeing it constantly on display, then they are going to want it and we are in for some huge health and social problems.
I just wish this bunch of puritans would get something right and put their priorities in order.