The pointlessness of pintlessness
There is no case for slashing the drink-driving limit
WHO do they think they are?
Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
The gambling suicides myth
The rate of deaths caused by gambling has been foolishly exaggerated
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world
Is Keir Starmer failing?
To fail at something, he would have to do something
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive