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Britain is on a glidepath to an alcohol ban
Rishi Sunak set the precedent – and now activists will push for ever more restrictions on drink
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The BMA is using this inquiry to peddle ‘austerity’ myths
Much of the UK's response to Covid-19 was shambolic – but this had nothing to do with underfunding
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There is nothing healthy about our paranoia over ultra-processed food
The panic over UPF, recently bolstered by an episode of BBC Panorama, is not rooted in scientific evidence
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Don’t panic about junk food. The problem is junk science
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of nutritional epidemiology
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Nannies push the boundaries of illiberalism
A proposal to ban smoking outdoors demonstrates the warped judgment of public health officialdom
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Lockdown fanatics will inevitably play up a third wave - but deaths are unlikely to spike
Even without herd immunity, we have more than enough protection against the virus -thanks to the vaccine
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There's a slim chance that the Office for Health Promotion might actually do some good
It's possible that the Office for Health Promotion will abandon the failed policies of the past and rely on persuasion rather than force
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Paternalistic policies designed to squeeze the fun out of gambling target the wrong people
Over-regulating the gambling industry carries its own risks
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An extremely cautious reopening flies in the face of all the evidence
By late March, nearly everyone likely to die from COVID-19 will have been vaccinated. That is the moment to reopen Britain.
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We must treat the rollout of vaccines as a military operation: delays are not an option
This is an all-hands-to-the-pump logistical challenge that requires innovative thinking, agility and rapid decision-making
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The Government's flimsy and superficial cost-benefit analysis hasn't made the case for tiers
There remains an almost pathological desire by the scientists to promote lockdowns at the expense of less costly options
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Wealthy supporters of a second national lockdown ignore the extreme hardship this would cause
It might not feel like it to breakfast television hosts and government scientists, but millions of livelihoods are hanging by a thread
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Politicians are destroying Britain's pubs with vanishingly little evidence
The 10pm ‘curfew’ is now widely acknowledged to be a mistake. It may even have made things worse
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The last thing the government should do is impose a useless Covid curfew
You can sort of see the logic, but the unintended consequences have not been thought through
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Covid has exposed the political pygmies governing our politics
With economies crashing and coronavirus still very much active across the world, our leaders are still making ill-informed token gestures
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The lockdown debate has morphed into a rerun of the Brexit wars
It's not so much Remainers vs Leavers this time as Remain Indoors against Leave the House
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