Christopher Snowdon

1 week ago | velvetgloveironfist.blogspot.com | Christopher Snowdon

The government pushed back the 'junk food' advertising ban last week. It was meant to start in October but has been postponed for a few months while the government sorts the legislation out. Greg Fell from the Association of Directors of Public Health is not happy. Regular readers will recall that Mr Fell is not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he has the say-anything, do-anything attitude that gets you the top jobs in 'public health'. Let's see what he had to say...

2 weeks ago | thecritic.co.uk | Christopher Snowdon

Suffering does not make someone an expert on policy Shroud-waving is a terrible basis for public policy. We all know this. We know that hard cases make bad law. Being a victim of a terrible crime or a rare disease or a freak accident does not make you an expert on policy-making. Being the relative of a victim does not give you a unique ability to understand a contentious issue.

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Christopher Snowdon

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3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Christopher Snowdon

Across Europe, Nanny’s influence is growing: there has been a steady erosion of liberty for those of us who like to eat, drink, vape or smoke. Leading the pack in the 2025 Nanny State Index is Turkey where the state’s penchant for control borders on fetishistic, banning vapes outright and taxing alcohol off the scale.

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Christopher Snowdon

Across Europe, Nanny’s influence is growing: there has been a steady erosion of liberty for those of us who like to eat, drink, vape or smoke. Leading the pack in the 2025 Nanny State Index is Turkey where the state’s penchant for control borders on fetishistic, banning vapes outright and taxing alcohol off the scale. Its only saving grace is that so many of its little prohibitions are poorly enforced. Hot on its heels is Lithuania, where the war on fun is fought with puritanical zeal.