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Thursday, 12 November 2026

Masks off at OHID

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It's Safer Gambling Week next week and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities - the bastard child of Public Health England - ...
Wednesday, 11 November 2026

What does the Bylines Network do?

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The Bylines Network - related to but not controlled by the Byline Times , as both are now eager to stress - is the latest leftwing organisat...
Tuesday, 10 November 2026

The self-appointed Gambling Policy Commission

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Something called the Gambling Policy Commission suddenly appeared this week, with the announcement that it will be launching " an indep...

A botched hit piece on the Science Media Centre

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The Science Media Centre (SMC) has been a lifeline for journalists in need of a quote since it was formed in 2002. It emails expert opinion ...
Wednesday, 4 November 2026

Nanny State Newsletter #6

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It's out!  Here's a sample...   Ian Gilmore and the usual neo-temperance suspects tried to revive the campaign for minimum pricing i...
Monday, 26 October 2026

Christopher Snowdon with Geoff Norcott

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I was on Geoff Norcott's podcast What Most People Think  again this week, talking about Andy Burnham, leaving the IEA, vaping, smoking, ...
Thursday, 22 October 2026

The Guido Fawkes Show

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I was on the (relatively) new Guido Fawkes Show talking about sin taxes in the Budget, what bans I'd scrap and British Summer Time. All ...
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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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