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Friday, 29 June 2012

Five years of junk in one place

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As the fifth anniversary of the English smoking ban approaches, there was always going to be a lot of bollocks talked about it, so it's ...
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Thursday, 28 June 2012

The Causeway Cannibal, Zombie Apocalypse and the same old pattern of misinformation

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I'm sure you've heard about the case of Rudy Eugene, AKA the 'Causeway Cannibal' who, on May 26th, attacked a homeless man i...
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Monday, 25 June 2012

ASH's funding: Who's been lying?

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I note from Taking Liberties that the government is preparing to give taxpayers' money to ASH for the 42nd successive year. I discussed...
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Friday, 22 June 2012

The shocking rise of non-communicable diseases

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This nice little graph from The Atlantic tells a big story. Note how the annual mortality rate has nearly halved in the last 110 years and ...
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A 21st century temperance manifesto

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In Sock Puppets , I mentioned a lobby group called  Active Europe  which is funded by the European Commission and the Council of Europe. Als...
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A word from a cynical career politician

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Hands Off Our Packs have produced a quality video which gives a nod to Yes, Minister and mocks the vacuity of modern politics, the power o...
Thursday, 21 June 2012

It's official: Soda is new tobacco

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Having spent years explaining that the anti-smoking crusade is merely Phase One in a wider assault on liberty, it seems my work may soon be ...
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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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