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Why does it cost taxpayers £55K per successful quitter in Hammersmith & Fulham?
October 26, 2017
Harry Phibbs, over at ConservativeHome, revealed yesterday that is costs around £55K to get someone to quit smoking in Hammersmith and Fulham. You read that correctly. Harry is a councillor there. Here's what he...
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October 17, 2017
The answer to that is, of course, no. And that is what Andrew Allison, Head of Campaigns, said on BBC Sussex this morning. Just because you dislike someone's views doesn't give you the right...
Read More ShareIf ignorance was an Olympic Sport, Glasgow City Council's vaping policy could secure it a gold medal
October 16, 2017
I published a major report last year on behalf of The Freedom Association's Freedom to Vape campaign which looked at the vaping policies of all UK councils. The responses highlighted hundreds of outdated policies,...
Read More ShareJacob Rees-Mogg MP nails the moral case for free markets
October 09, 2017
At the dull and flat Conservative Party Conference last week, there were some occasional bright spots in the damp Manchester air. Jacob Rees-Mogg was one of those bright spots. Although I sadly missed the...
Read More ShareFlat and uninspiring. And that was the whole conference, not just May's speech
October 04, 2017
That was certainly the flattest Conservative Party Conference I have attended. It was dull and uninspiring, and it finished as badly as it started. Although I sympathised with Theresa May as she struggled to...
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