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Friday, 9 January 2026

Anti-alcohol plot backfires in the USA

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Some happy news to end your week. An attempt by anti-alcohol academics to rig America's drinking guidelines has failed spectacularly.   ...
Thursday, 8 January 2026

Lowering the drink-drive limit

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Lacking anything else to do, the Labour government is planning to lower the drink-drive limit. England and Wales have a higher limit than mo...
Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Food advertising ban introduced - what's next?

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The "junk food" advertising ban came into full effect on Monday. As I argue in The Critic , the whole thing is built on lies: a po...
Tuesday, 6 January 2026

The stakeholder state

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We need to strip funding from all politically active NGOs, charities and pressure groups. We need a true bonfire of the quangos. We need t...
Friday, 2 January 2026

Michael McFadden RIP

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Some sad news to start the year. The writer and activist Michael J. McFadden passed away just before Christmas aged 75. His 2004 book Disse...
Wednesday, 24 December 2025

Stay safe this Christmas with 'public health' advice

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A Christmas message from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Seasons’s greetings! Christmas is a time for eating, drinking an...
Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Australia's prohibition double whammy

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The government of South Australia has launched an anti-vaping campaign on social media aimed at impressionable youngsters. It features some ...
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Christopher Snowdon
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Writer and researcher at the Institute of Economic Affairs. Blogging in a personal capacity. Author of Polemics (2020), Killjoys (2017), Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism (2015), The Art of Suppression (2011), The Spirit Level Delusion (2010) and Velvet Glove, Iron Fist (2009).
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