Over the last few months the message from central government has changed from social responsibility to lifestyle choice. "we are not going to do anything proactive so it is up to the individual to decided whether or not they want to put the lives of others in the community at risk."

Imagine this level of libertarianism applied to other laws....

We are not going to have mandatory speed limits - it will be up to the individual driver to divide whether or not they are prepared to put other peoples' children's ;lives at risk when driving past schools.