Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Friday, 30 March 2018

Nanny state propaganda in the Telegraph

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An article went up on the Telegraph website yesterday that is so comically one-sided and ill informed that I wondered how it could possibl...
Wednesday, 28 March 2018

The sugar tax evaluation farce

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Last week I complained to the National Institute for Health Research about the decision to get the sugar tax evaluated by academics who hav...
Monday, 26 March 2018

Another evidence review fails to link fast food outlets to childhood obesity

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A few weeks ago, the IEA published my review of 74 studies looking at the association between the number and proximity of fast food outlets ...
Saturday, 24 March 2018

Faith-based policy

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Nice to see The Sun pick up on the story first broken here a few weeks ago about the sugar tax evaluation ... MY SWEET LORD Academic c...
Thursday, 22 March 2018

What exactly is the tobacco playbook?

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A recent Guardian article portrayed bacon as the new smoking... The meat industry’s tactics in defending bacon have been “right out of th...
Wednesday, 21 March 2018

The temperance lobby's problem with supply and demand

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With minimum pricing starting in Scotland in a few weeks, state-funded temperance groups are looking for new dragons to slay. Advertising is...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

More jobs for the boys on the obesity gravy train

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Further to my previous posts about the copious studies showing that living near fast food outlets does not make you fat, here's anothe...
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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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