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Nanny State

Frank Furedi

The tyranny of public health Science & Tech

The tyranny of public health

21st December 2021

Charlie Peters

Minimum pricing for alcohol: another nanny-state flop Politics

Minimum pricing for alcohol: another nanny-state flop

14th October 2021

Christopher Snowdon

Goodbye and good riddance to Public Health England Politics

Goodbye and good riddance to Public Health England

1st October 2021

Joanna Williams

Keep trigger warnings out of the cinema Free Speech

Keep trigger warnings out of the cinema

23rd September 2021

Tim Black

Eco-warriors’ crappy vision of the future Politics

Eco-warriors’ crappy vision of the future

1st September 2021

Rob Lyons

Banning plastic cutlery won’t save the planet Politics

Banning plastic cutlery won’t save the planet

31st August 2021

Jon Bryan

The war on working-class gamblers Politics

The war on working-class gamblers

30th August 2021

Jason Reed

E-cigarettes are not our enemy Politics

E-cigarettes are not our enemy

13th August 2021

Rob Lyons

Can we solve obesity with an app? Fat chance! Politics

Can we solve obesity with an app? Fat chance!

28th July 2021

Christopher Snowdon

Henry Dimbleby is right about one thing Politics

Henry Dimbleby is right about one thing

16th July 2021

Mark Sparrow

Why a salt tax is a terrible idea Politics

Why a salt tax is a terrible idea

8th July 2021

Paddy Hannam

The fightback against internet censorship starts here Free Speech

The fightback against internet censorship starts here

24th June 2021

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Christopher Snowdon

The madcap plans to stop you from smoking Politics

The madcap plans to stop you from smoking

9th June 2021

Tim Dawson

Leave smokers alone Politics

Leave smokers alone

8th June 2021

James Woudhuysen

Retailers have become an arm of the nanny state Politics

Retailers have become an arm of the nanny state

7th June 2021

Len Shackleton

How the ASA became the new morality police Free Speech

How the ASA became the new morality police

4th June 2021
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