Tory MP Esther McVey has faced backlash for using Martin Niemöller’s Holocaust poem to criticize Keir Starmer’s proposed smoking ban, with many finding the comparison offensive.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting responded to McVey’s post, asserting that the atrocities of the Nazi regime are not relevant to discussions on public health measures such as a smoking ban.
Jewish organizations condemned McVey’s comments, stating that equating a potential smoking ban with the Holocaust is not only inappropriate but trivializes real historical atrocities.
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