Food and Drink

Cross border raid! Thursday January 5, 2012 Tom Miers explains how artificially increasing the price of alcohol in one part of the UK will hit the moderate drinker and cost jobs

Fat tax is a fat lot of use Wednesday December 28, 2011 Brian Monteith warns of a new wave of lifestyle taxes, this time on food

Ignoring the evidence on farming Thursday December 8, 2011 Jason Smith warns that farming policy is following alarmist sentiment rather than evidence, at a risk to public health

Fatness freaks Wednesday October 26, 2011 The government has its priorities wrong, says Simon Hills. If it really wanted to save money, it should encourage us to eat, drink and smoke more, not less. Or else mind its own business

Panic on a Plate Monday October 3, 2011 Chris Snowdon recommends the new book by Rob Lyons to anyone who wants to see through the myths and half truths of the food fascists

A new way to pull a pint? Thursday September 29, 2011 Tom Miers wonders how we could breathe new life into Britain’s pubs

We should be very wary of calorie food labelling Friday September 16, 2011 The decision by McDonald’s to label their menus with calorie information will just encourage further regulation of the food and restaurant trades, warns Martin Cullip

The new battlegrounds: food and drink Tuesday August 16, 2011 The same strategies that have been used to demonise tobacco are now being rolled out across the world in an effort to limit the consumption of alcohol and food, says Brian Monteith

The government's licensing laws treat us all like children Wednesday April 13, 2011 Tom Miers shows how barring children from pubs will undermine responsible drinking in the long run

Minimum alcohol pricing will just make things worse Tuesday March 29, 2011 Britain may have a problem with excessive drinking but Tom Miers believes that calls for government to push up the price of alcoholic drinks are unjust and will help to infantilise society