The question is, what would an effective nanny state look like?

We need to be clear about not being seen as a 'nanny state'.

Don't rely on the nanny state to do everything for you.

Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state.

His bill gives new meaning to the idea of the 'nanny state'.

Now, this may seem an invasion of personal choice or another step toward a nanny state.

Iceland is a country in which the nanny state hasn't really caught on.

Is there anyone who wants to see a utilitarian nanny State?

I had assumed that your first return shot would be the implications of a "nanny state".

I do not see how preventing people from taking actions that can lead to early death and huge health problems is being a nanny state.

She has criticized the agency for promoting "a federal nanny state."

She thinks there is a "nanny state" aspect to Labour.

He attacked the "nanny state" instincts of the Labour government.

"Get ready, because the 'nanny state on steroids' is going national."

It's hard not to see the long arm of the ever-expanding nanny state at work in all this.

I think the political right are wrong when they pretend that a caring community is necessarily the same as a nanny state.

"It was about limited government, about the end of the nanny state," he says.

That is the nanny state mentality gone too far.

Social conservatives wanted to shrink the nanny state because it produced dependency.

But it must tred a fine line to help change behaviour without being accused of running a 'nanny state'.

There is no question of Sweden' s being a nanny State.

The governor insists he does not want to create a "nanny state" or a "grease police."

She said the British people wanted the opportunities of the single market, but they would not accept 'nanny state meddling'.

No need for a lefty nanny state comment about healthy eating - it's once a year!

That prohibition has often been mocked as an example of a nanny state on steroids.

Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state.

Don't rely on the nanny state to do everything for you.

"If the nanny state doesn't look after us, who will?"

That is the nanny state mentality gone too far.

Iceland is a country in which the nanny state hasn't really caught on.

"It was about limited government, about the end of the nanny state," he says.

Social conservatives wanted to shrink the nanny state because it produced dependency.

Trial lawyers, tort reform, the nanny state: this is no small part of football's future.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility and the Nanny State?

Surely protecting us all from whatever bad things are out there is the nanny state all over again.

Fast forward to 2006 and for all the complaints about the nanny state, that resonance has ebbed away.

The nanny state has come to football.

This is the nanny state gone mad.

Besides, let's say I grant you that Eleanor is responsible (in part) for the nanny state.

To all of the selfish "liberty" oriented people and those who fear the nanny state:

Some see the nanny state in action in the idea that states should tell schools what to put in their vending machines.

The Tories opposed excessive interference from the nanny state and defended people's right to enjoy their private property.

"But I think taxes on cigarettes are the most outrageous example of the Nanny State.

That is what the French elections were about: ' not right away, let us continue to benefit from the generosity of the nanny state!'

The Republicans meekly acquiesce, unable to articulate any principled opposition to the nanny state.

"I believe in the free market and I don't believe in the nanny state," he said.

It says: "The party considers its social base as consisting of independent-minded free citizens who have renounced the nanny state idea."

Can't we just raise awareness and discourage smoking in cars instead of taking the nanny state option??

The nanny state at work."