Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Friday, 30 June 2023

On my Substack this week...

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... I scoffed at some Australian quackademics who were flown in to Scotland to tell us to copy their disastrous anti-vaping policies.   Now...
Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Nanny state chat

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I sat down recently with my Tufton Street pals at the Taxpayers Alliance to talk about the Nanny State Index and the state of public health ...
Tuesday, 27 June 2023

On minimum pricing

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Public Health Scotland have said that minimum pricing 'works'. Not a great surprise coming from a government public health agency w...
Thursday, 22 June 2023

Learning from Australia??

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T he Health Secretary Steve Barclay is reported to be interested in learning from Australia’s experience with e-cigarette regulation. Quot...

Last Orders with Claire Fox

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The Online Safety Bill, ultra-processed food and a monkeypox update are all in the latest episode of Last Orders .
Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Corporate rent-seeking

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A food and soft drink company wants more regulation of ultra-processed food. They have received a surprising amount of praise for this blata...
Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Minimum pricing failed in Wales too

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Wales introduced minimum pricing for alcohol in March 2020 but you don’t hear much about it. There has been an evaluation but it has tende...
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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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