Clive Bates has started a Substack. His first post is an interview he did a while ago...   You are a critic of Michael Bloomberg’s role in ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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