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Drinking also creates unstable molecules called reactive oxygen species that can interfere with DNA, proteins and essential fats.

"The US tends to be much more reactive and much more interested in immediate and visible results."

Chief Constable Gibson said the funding issue was so stark, all of the county's 60 neighbourhood officers could be at risk, which he argued would turn Lincolnshire into a purely "reactive" force.

But Andy Burrows, head of the Molly Rose Foundation, called the announcement "a belated, reactive and completely unsatisfactory response" which he said "seems like a sticking plaster fix to their fundamental safety issues".

As the Trump administration intensifies its efforts attempts to impose a more authoritarian system on government at all levels, the best defense is not just more reactive defense of the flawed status quo.