Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Thursday, 15 January 2026

Waking up to the reality of tobacco's black market

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There's a website called Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues which is written by a few anti-smoking activist-academics. It provides ...
Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Me on the Tom Nelson podcast

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I did the Tom Nelson podcast last week. We discussed a range of issues including vaping, nicotine, obesity, prohibition and more. Check it o...
Monday, 12 January 2026

Clive Bates on Substack

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 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 ...
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...
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Christopher Snowdon
United Kingdom
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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