Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Monday, 13 April 2026

Chris Whitty, the man who broke Britain

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The  i  newspaper asked me to write about someone who broke Britain so I wrote this about the joyless Chief Medical Officer, Chris Whitty. ...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Gamban canned

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Gamban , the app that blocks gambling sites on the devices of problem gamblers (at their request), has been turned down for funding by the O...

Scottish sockpuppetry

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The Sunday Times published a thorough article about Scotland's state-funded NGOs this weekend. I recommend reading the whole thing if y...
Friday, 27 March 2026

A reponse to ASH on the black market

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Earlier this month I reported that legal cigarette sales fell by 52% between 2021 and 2025 in the UK. These are official clearance figure...
Friday, 20 March 2026

Had enough of 'experts'

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Things will be bad enough after the government doubles the price of vaping in October with its new vape tax without going full prohibition...
Wednesday, 11 March 2026

Secondhand vaping: the studies

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I've done a deep dive into the science of 'secondhand vaping' on my Substack (which you should subscribe to if you haven't ...
Tuesday, 10 March 2026

Chris Whitty vs fat jabs

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Our fun loving Chief Medical Officer thinks fat people shouldn't rely on Ozempic and should wait for "public health" to save t...
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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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