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| Thursday 16 May 2013 |
The non-parochial case against the European Union
It isn’t only Little Englanders who should rage against the undemocratic EU – so should those who care about the continent and its peoples.
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| Thursday 9 May 2013 |
The new EU directive: quit smoking or die
New rules from Brussels effectively banning low-risk alternatives to cigarettes, like e-cigs, will cost lives.
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| Wednesday 1 May 2013 |
Eurocrats with a bee in their bonnets
It seems the bee has replaced the whale and the polar bear as the friendly face of green authoritarianism.
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| Friday 26 April 2013 |
A junk outlook on processed food
In his new book about mass-produced foodstuffs, Michael Moss dresses up a rancid view of firms and consumers as investigative journalism.
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| Monday 15 April 2013 |
We need a bit more hunger to end poverty
Claims that climate change will cause mass starvation could actually make it harder to feed the world.
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| Friday 12 April 2013 |
A junk outlook on processed food
In his new book about mass-produced foodstuffs, Michael Moss dresses up a rancid view of firms and consumers as investigative journalism.
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| Tuesday 9 April 2013 |
One cheer for Labour’s new welfare policy
Basing welfare entitlements on an individual's work history is a good idea. Let's explore it.
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| Wednesday 3 April 2013 |
Lies, damned lies and hockey sticks
The exposure of yet another dodgy piece of climate-change alarmism shows the need for serious scepticism.
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| Thursday 28 March 2013 |
Climate change:
an elite affectation
Rupert Darwall’s history of the idea of global warming shows how the belief in an impending manmade apocalypse emanated from the top of wealthy Western societies.
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| Wednesday 27 March 2013 |
This barking at politicians is getting boring
Eddie Mair’s humiliation of London mayor Boris Johnson was a triumph for anti-political cynicism, not journalism.
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| Monday 25 March 2013 |
Have politicians had a mental blackout?
There’s a real risk of energy shortages in Britain, yet still the political class is obsessed with cutting fossil fuel use.
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| Wednesday 20 March 2013 |
Adopt a polar bear? Have you seen what they do?
How did the polar bear, a vicious killing machine that is thriving, become the poster boy of climate-change alarmism?
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| Wednesday 13 March 2013 |
‘Yes, some food is better than other food’
Rob Lyons answers readers’ questions on Jamie Oliver, food snobbery, and his very own tuna pasta surprise.
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| Thursday 7 March 2013 |
Another day, another
overblown food scare
The claim that eating processed meat will kill you is built on shoddy evidence and more than a dash of snobbery.
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| Wednesday 6 March 2013 |
The immorality
of ‘sin taxes’
In a speech in Westminster, Rob Lyons called on the state to butt out of the public’s eating, boozing and smoking habits.
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| Friday 1 March 2013 |
Are one-in-five Britons really living in poverty?
A new book casts a sceptical eye at today’s poverty claims, and offers some thoughts on how people might be made wealthier.
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| Wednesday 27 February 2013 |
The real downgrade is in economic expectations
Moody’s decision to withdraw the UK’s AAA rating is not a shock or a disaster, but it is a sign of policy failure.
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| Monday 18 February 2013 |
A 10-point plan to deal with meddling medics
It’s not obesity that requires urgent action, but the rising tide of miserable public-health busybodies.
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| Thursday 14 February 2013 |
Horsemeat scandal:
where’s the beef?
No one has died, or been harmed, and the risks of harm are very low. So why freak out about horsemeat?
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| Wednesday 6 February 2013 |
Climate change: apocalypse postponed
Even scientists at the forefront of climate-change alarmism accept the world isn’t warming as quickly as once thought.
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