So health secretary John Reid was invited onto the Today programme. There he expressed a dim view of children's decision-making. He thinks the idea that children are less likely than adults to be able to make "informed, mature choices" is a "strong and legitimate point".
He must believe this stuff, because he said it at least twice. But where does he get it from? Has he never spoken to thoughtful eight- or nine-year-olds that have weighed up what they know and think and worked out what they want to do? Has he never seen mature adults repeatedly act unthinkingly and against everyone's best interests including their own?
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