I'm in favour of a universal welfare approach, combined with providing information (and perhaps moderate incentives, but not compulsion)to make the healthy/safe choices where possible and also policy that aims to make those choices possible for as many people as possible.

Many of my issues with the current state of affairs however are to do with what I think is incorrect and indeed in places frankly dangerous information about what choices are "health" or "safe"; so perhaps the state shouldn't even bother to try providing information, because it sucks so hard.

I think that we (the UK) as a society could easily afford to provide basic but reasonable housing, food, and health care to everyone in the country; and it seems to me pure selfishness when we do not.