Public Health
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
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
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Less smoking, more cancer?
Yet more nonsense from the public health lobby
The pointlessness of pintlessness
There is no case for slashing the drink-driving limit
WHO do they think they are?
Politicians should be more sceptical about ideology packaged as “public health”
Don’t let the government poach your pouch
A moral panic is brewing over nicotine pouches
Big Brother is talking to you
What is with London’s obsession for dystopian public address announcements?
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Israel off the leash
For Benjamin Netanyahu, continuing the war is a matter of political survival, and he goes to America to raise support, not to listen to calls for peace
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
The town besieged
During the English Civil War, towns were fiercely divided
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
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
