Sunday, 29 September 2019

What's on at the Conservative conference?

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The Conservative Party conference begins today and the IEA will be hosting two days of solid debate in the Think Tent, kicking off at 8am wi...

77% of people suffering from THC-related lung injuries admit to using THC

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I've followed up my Spectator article about the US vape scare from a weeks ago with an article in the Telegraph . Since writing it, th...
Thursday, 26 September 2019

An alternative history of minimum pricing

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In April, I wrote of minimum pricing... The studies might as well have been written before the policy was implemented. Unable to show an...
Tuesday, 24 September 2019

'Public health' launches a preemptive strike on Ofcom

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UPDATE: Ofcom’s former Principal Economist has been in touch with his own rebuttal to the study discussed below. Read his response here . ...
Monday, 23 September 2019

The sugar reduction flop

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Public Health England published its second progress report on the sugar reduction scheme on Friday. The agency's press release focused...
Sunday, 22 September 2019

Nicola Sturgeon lies about minimum pricing

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Last week , I mentioned the crude cherry-picking that allowed an advocate of minimum pricing to imply that his pet policy was reducing alcoh...
Friday, 20 September 2019

Child exploitation in Scotland

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This is creepy and disturbing. The Scottish government has formed a 'Children's Parliament' of 9 to 11 year olds. They put t...