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Ironically, these intrusions are enthusiastically supported by the same voters who whine incessantly about the nanny state.

In the Republican world, freedom means going unvaccinated in a pandemic in order to give the finger to the nanny state.

Reacting to the outcome, James Evans MS, the Welsh Conservatives' health and social care representative, described the rules as "nanny state nonsense".

She got pilloried by the right for it: “It's government interference. And it's a nanny state.”

Personal choice v nanny state; realism v idealism – there are few medical conditions that stir up such heated debate.