Velvet Glove, Iron Fist
Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Drink beer, smoke tabs

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Studies like this are so contrary to 'public health' dogma that it's amazing that they get published at all these days. But eve...
Monday, 19 January 2026

Money for almost nothing

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Last week I wrote for The Critic about the Sheffield University alcohol research group continuing to get government grants rolling in des...

Selling zero-alcohol drinks to kids

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Labour is weighing up a crackdown on people under 18 buying ‘no and low-alcohol’ drinks. On current form, this means Keir Starmer’s govern...
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.   ...
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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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