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The government’s plans to ban the point of sale display of tobacco and outlaw cigarette vending machines are the latest steps towards a bully state, says Neil Rafferty
Denormalisation: the threat to democracyThursday April 2, 2009What chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson and his ilk are saying, says Simon Hills, is that in order to be a part of society, we have to be just like them |
The politics of modern libertyThursday March 26, 2009On reflection, The Free Society’s Brian Monteith offers qualified support for last month’s Convention on Modern Liberty |
Body and soul: the changing face of higher educationTuesday March 24, 2009Universities are failing in their duty to defend individual freedom and are becoming more like schools, says Dennis Hayes |
Drunk on power: control politicians not the peopleWednesday March 18, 2009Alcohol: measures being introduced in Scotland will affect the moderate majority more than the mindless minority, says Brian Monteith |
The rotten state of BritainThursday March 5, 2009Politicians and officials don’t want to control our every move, says Eamonn Butler, but them unlimited powers and they will use them or abuse them |
The post-politics of emotional correctnessWednesday February 25, 20092009 got off to a bad start and looks like being a bleak year for freedom of thought, or for any thought at all, argues Dennis Hayes |
Everyone should have the freedom to flyMonday February 16, 2009Suzy Dean, co-founder of Modern Movement, sees through the environmental moralising about modern air travel |
Bonfire of inanitiesThursday February 12, 2009How much literature and art never sees the light of day because of the nervous consensus “Thou shalt not offend”?, asks Shirley Dent |
Fighting talk: taking liberties with libertyMonday December 15, 2008Dennis Hayes, Citizen Number 127659, wonders where the struggle went in the “struggle” for freedom of speech |
Alcohol, feminism and freedomThursday November 6, 2008The government’s alcohol strategy is meddling, misogynistic and a million miles from the reality of the way we socialise, argues Suzy Dean |