Smoking
Anti-smoking own goals
Puritan anti-nicotine policies are successful only in propping up the tobacco industry
The war on vapes is plain stupid
Plain packaging will not stop people from vaping — and it is wrong to demand it
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
The tyranny of the non-smoking majority
Moral busybodies should leave smokers alone
The public health playbook
Talk of a “tobacco playbook” is pure projection
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
No, vaping is not as dangerous as smoking
There is no good evidence to support scaremongering
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
Once more unto the speeches
There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself