The Institute of Economic Affairs and the Adam Smith Institute are currently running their annual Freedom Week conference at Cambridge … Continue reading “Moral panics and conspiracy theories around NHS “privatisation” (Part 1)”

Moral panics about imaginary secret plans to privatise the National Health Service are a time-honoured British tradition – so much … Continue reading “NHS “privatisation” – the failed conspiracy theory that never dies”

If you’re under 30 — or have a child in their teens — then chances are you’ve heard of a … Continue reading “The moral panic over video games must not become an excuse for yet more lifestyle regulation”

Do you remember the great booze scare of 2004-05? Think back, you must recall it. The prophecies of doom about … Continue reading “The great ’24 hour drinking’ panic”