Blog Posts
Budget NIC rise is an attack on aspiration
March 09, 2017
I am suffering from a slipped disc and sciatica at the moment, but I am lucky. Not lucky to be in so much pain, but to be employed. What is more, I also (mainly)...
Read More ShareAnother vaping ban on the cards in the United States
March 03, 2017
In August last year, I wrote about a meeting of the Allegheny County Board of Health which held a public hearing to help decide if there should be a ban on the indoor use of e-cigarettes...
Read More ShareWill Remoaners moan forever?
March 02, 2017
When we were preparing for the EU Referendum campaign, I said that to win, we have to be unremittingly positive. Leave “Project Fear” to the other side, because we knew that is how they...
Read More ShareFun in the Pleasure Zone
February 24, 2017
This campaign has received some criticism in the past from Simon Clark, director of Forest, for appearing to throw smokers out with the bathwater in favour of vapers' rights. I can assure him that...
Read More ShareWatching the Lords debate Brexit was like intruding on private grief
February 22, 2017
Watching and listening to the second reading debate of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill in the House of Lords over the past couple of days was like intruding on private grief. For the...
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