Christopher Snowdon
Christopher Snowdon is the head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He is the author of Killjoys, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism, The Art of Suppression: Pleasure, Panic and Prohibition Since 1800, The Spirit Level Delusion, and, Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. You can find him tweeting at @cjsnowdon
The risk in a second lockdown is clear
Everyone suffering in pursuit of impossible promises is pointless
Who do we think we’re kidding with the NHS?
Someone somewhere damaged this country very badly
The lockdown’s founding myth
We’ve forgotten that the Imperial model didn’t even call for a full lockdown
Blown fusionism: is a common enemy enough?
Ed West, Small Men on the Wrong Side of History
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
