The No Thank EU campaign against the new Tobacco Products Directive asks a pertinent question: The EU proposes to ban all menthol and slim cigarettes (the latter less than 7.5 […]
What has the Commission got against menthol cigarettes? Read More »
No sooner does this website publish a criticism of the way that national governments behave in the Council of Ministers (read it here) than a cast-iron example emerges of exactly
Parliament’s influence on EU legislation goes up in smoke Read More »
Your blogger went to an interesting discussion this week about the future of public health policy in England. At stake was not the policies themselves but rather the means by
Public health and the feeling of power Read More »
It has become apparent that the British government ordered many more shots of swine flu vaccine last winter than turned out to be needed. (The Guardian reports the story here.)
For all the controversy of Daniel Hannan’s intervention in the American debate about healthcare reform, he has at least performed one valuable service. Too often, debates about domestic policy reform
A better debate about healthcare Read More »
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the European Union has too many powers. Politicians from across the political spectrum call for “reform” to reverse what they claim is an
More powers for Brussels! Read More »
More on Sarah Palin, I’m afraid. Her purported belief in creationism, which turns out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind, has led to an interesting discussion about
Is smoking democratic? Read More »
Margaret Thatcher famously remarked that there is no such thing as society, only people and their families. Of course, she was wrong, as this blog remarked in the context of
A society of states Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 26 February 2007 The Finnish government is getting tough. Words to send a shiver down any spine. Their action this time is directed at Estonian
Finnish moves on internet alcohol Read More »
By Richard Laming Published in EUobserver, 25 July 2006 The consumption of alcohol is something that both unites and divides Europe, with important political consequences as we shall see. Alcoholic drinks
Drinking tells us something about Europe Read More »
