The UPF panic is a fad
Chris van Tulleken cannot seem to decide what an ultra-processed food even is
The gambling suicides myth
The rate of deaths caused by gambling has been foolishly exaggerated
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
