Sending our plastic to China on a container ship no longer an option

A politician I know told me the other day he gave up smoking following a concerted campaign from his seven-year-old daughter, writes Alison O'Connor.

The habit finally came to an end on a sun holiday when he snuck off to have a smoke, somewhere she wouldn’t see.

However as he was puffing away, hidden around a corner from the poolside, he turned to see his daughter standing there watching him with an expression on her face, he recalled, as if to say: “Really Dad, this is what you are reduced to.”