Christopher Snowdon is an author and freelance journalist. He writes for Sp!ked and other publications. He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs.
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Governments which recognise vaping’s potential to lower smoking rates and save lives should make that case strongly at COP9.
Offering help to those who need it is a far more constructive and effective approach than hitting all gamblers with bans and restrictions.
The slogan was invented by Donald Trump in the 1980s, and has since been used to attack every new form of gambling. Each time it turns out to be bogus.
Who are these people? They earn between £50,000 and £150,000 before tax. They are the natural aristocracy of white collar professionals.
Only ten years ago we’d have been mid-table, but since 2007 single-issue campaigners have struck a string of blows against lifestyle freedom.
By compelling us to extend our lives, the public health lobby is priming the real time bomb beneath the NHS: our ageing population.
Red tape and taxation has caused thousands of pubs to close.
A new Institute of Economic Affairs report makes seven main recommendations about how this should be done.
The interesting question is why the Conservatives resurrected the idea when all the rumours about the alleged influence of Lynton Crosby had died down.
A poverty measure that has so little regard for what living standards people enjoy deserves to be treated with scepticism.