CHRISTOPHERSNOWDON.COM
Libertarian writer and researcher
MY ARTICLES
I blog regularly at Velvet Glove, Iron Fist. Here are a few of my articles published elsewhere...
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The lockdown debate has morphed into a rerun of the Brexit wars
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Covid has exposed the political pygmies governing our politics
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Unlearning the lessons of prohibition
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Don’t trust that meme: Prince’s death at 57 was no music industry average
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The rotten World Health Organisation should be reformed or abolished
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Dispersing the clouds of the vape panic myth
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Shiny happy people? The madness of the Happy Planet Index
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Groupthink attack on scientists has a long history
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If high prices curbed drinking, we’d all be sober
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Ignore the headlines. Diet drinks don’t make you fat
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How to tell the nanny state to go to hell in five easy stages
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Meet the 'sock puppets' waging war on your freedom
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Revealed: Public Health England’s cosy love-in with the anti-alcohol lobby
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Alcohol Labelling: Could good intentions lead to unintended consequences?
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E-cigarettes above Ebola? How the WHO lost the plot
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No, obesity isn’t ‘set to soar’ — I’d bet money on it
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Conspiracy theories: back and to the left?
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No wonder Britain’s alcohol guidelines are so extreme – just look at who drafted them
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The war on drugs began 100 years ago today: Let's hope it doesn't last another century
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The Times is panicking about a gambling epidemic but its story doesn’t add up
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The truth about moderate drinking has been muddied by anti-alcohol militants
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Denmark’s fat tax was a failure — but revisionists are trying to rewrite the story
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The myth of the smokefree health miracle
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‘Health guidelines’ are about forcing a change in the law, not changing behaviour
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Vapers deserve to be angry – they are under attack
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Why should Public Health England be allowed to stop us choosing between taste and fewer calories?
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A black market in booze fearmongering
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A tooth decay crisis? Actually British teeth are healthier than ever
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Government right to resist demands for new food laws
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Weighing up your cancer risk every time you drink isn’t rational — it’s miserable
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Cheese, ‘as addictive as crack cocaine’? Heavy users don’t need to worry
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Smoking out ‘deniers’ and ‘dissidents’
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