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
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The Islamists’ young recruits
Islamist networks are increasingly targeting children, and the British state refuses to acknowledge the problem
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Settlement disagreements
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour Party are absolutely hopeless on immigration
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?