The question was - why is (this legislated behaviour) any of the government's business? That's not an opinion. Ultimately it's a question of consent and the so

The question was - why is (this legislated behaviour) any of the government's business? That's not an opinion. Ultimately it's a question of consent and the social contract. My answer, which you're critical of here, is that ultimately the government have consent of the people to enforce this law and therefore it's the government's business. It's consented by the Brits, there is not democratic clamour to rewrite that law, and it's not for other countries to impose their values here. I hope you don't think I'm being pedantic, I'm just trying to answer the question that was put to me; why, in the UK, is this a regulated behaviour