Health
Is smoking cool again?
Attempts to stamp out cigarettes could be having unintended consequences
Parents, not the state, should be responsible for children
What has happened to parents when kids cannot brush their teeth?
Living well need not always mean living healthily
We should reject safetyism and embrace an uncomplicated zest for life
Physician associates are not a problem to be cured
The argument against PAs in the NHS remains unconvincing
No, vaping is not as dangerous as smoking
There is no good evidence to support scaremongering
Rich food’s fatal attraction
A menu to die for
The blind ideology of public health
Minimum pricing has failed, so why is it still promoted?
Turning virtue into vice
Be wary of excitable claims about the cost of eating healthily
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives