Moralism posing as economics
From gambling to billionaires, moral crusades are being dressed up as pragmatism
Public health versus the public
Public health authorities hate it when consumers speak for themselves
The big fat myth of child obesity
We have been misled for years about our children
Anti-smoking own goals
Puritan anti-nicotine policies are successful only in propping up the tobacco industry
Exposing the anti-gambling agenda
Don’t bet on hearing good arguments
Anti-tobacco fanatics need to lighten up
The fun-loving World Health Organisation’s five ways of getting to tobacco prohibition
We need a sugar tax revolt
The sugar tax has not made us healthier but it has made our drinks less delicious
Is the ultra-processed food panic withering away?
Even some of the supporters of the anti-UPF fad have backed away from its most dramatic claims
Banning BOGOFs? Bog off!
It’s not just “no silver bullet” — it simply won’t work
The war on vapes is plain stupid
Plain packaging will not stop people from vaping — and it is wrong to demand it
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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
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough