Keir Starmer has skewered efforts by his chief climate change adviser to force people to eat less meat by reducing their intake by the equivalent of two kebabs a week.
The prime minister was famously vegetarian for 30 years and did not let his children eat meat until they were 10 but has insisted that he does not want to get involved in people’s personal decisions on how they live their lives.
However, his anti-nanny state position has come as a surprise for some after Sir Keir’s government put down legislation to ban people from smoking outdoors in public spaces including pub gardens.
I am absolutely clear that we are going to get to clean power and absolutely keep our commitment to net zero because it is so important for the next generation and generations to come.
But Sir Keir rejected the idea despite his own history of vegetarianism, which came to an end spectacularly when he appeared on a live cookery show and made salmon tandoori last year.
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