Cigarettes
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Anti-smoking own goals
Puritan anti-nicotine policies are successful only in propping up the tobacco industry
Anti-tobacco fanatics need to lighten up
The fun-loving World Health Organisation’s five ways of getting to tobacco prohibition
The underground tobacco trade is thriving in Britain
Government measures have pushed smokers towards cheaper alternatives
What is the European Commission smoking?
Hiking taxes on cigarette substitutes is public health madness
We should filter out anti-smoking hysteria
It is nonsense to claim that some cigarettes are not safer than others
Is smoking cool again?
Attempts to stamp out cigarettes could be having unintended consequences
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
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Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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Lost railway art
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If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
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A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The name game
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