A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
Gambling with the numbers
A new survey of problem gamblers has serious problems of its own
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
The Candy Man can
The people’s party: now bankrolled by one of the country’s richest property developers
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The menace of camouflage
There’s something dark about the spread of sartorial concealment to civilians
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Dungeons & Dragons made me
Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle?
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
