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And that your main problem is going to be to avoid giggling?

Young people had better get used to it. The Tories have announced that they will target teenage binge drinkers who sleep around.

They are promising a crackdown on "early or unprotected sex". The Tory health manifesto sets it out: "We will launch a sexual health strategy which will ensure that young people are targeted with a clear message of the risks of early or unprotected sex."

The model for this is the HIV/Aids scare campaign of the 1980s. "We will promote a campaign to empower young people to resist peer pressure to engage in irresponsible sex, drug abuse or binge drinking," says the manifesto.

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