Prohibitionism
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
The end of another prohibitionist myth
There is no good evidence that adverts for alcohol increase consumption
“Public health” doubles down
Prohibitionists are never satisfied
The anti-gambling house of cards
Gambling and the simplistic dogma of public health
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
Labour’s inaction on religious persecution
The Freedom of Religion or Belief brief is simply being ignored by the government
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
