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The NTA’s poor and unfair practices mean it cannot be trusted. This £19 million a year public health authority should be wound down now, not in two years time.
It is bad enough when we find...
The news that the new (compulsory) German ID card will be RFID equipped (International Business Times, 21 August) is a considerable step towards fulfilling John McCarthy of Stanford's remark 40 years ago that the solution to the problem of crime was the Government knowing where each of us is at all times.
The German government will now be able to do exactly that any time it chooses by...
We already have decriminalised – that’s the problem
Written by Kathy Gyngell Tuesday, 17 August 2010 13:47
It is hard to understand why Sir Ian Gilmore has chosen, right at the end of his worthy career, to ‘come out’ on behalf of the decriminalisation of drugs. Even the most intelligent and thoughtful of men can get it wrong sometimes. He certainly has in this case.
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Can these leopards change their spots?: Response to the NTA business plan 2010/2011
Written by Kathy Gyngell Wednesday, 11 August 2010 08:44
By Kathy Gyngell, chair of the Centre for Policy Studies' Addictions working group and Deirdre Boyd, CEO of the Addiction Recovery FoundationWith the threat of abolition hanging over its head, the National Treatment Agency has cleverly extended its longevity by promising to mend its ways. It will, it announced on Friday, use the final two years of its now-extended life to change the policy it has promulgated over the past nine years.
Prime Minster...
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As we say goodbye to Big Government and let go of the nanny state, what comes next? Speeches this week from two very different Conservative figures ask – but don’t really answer – this crucial question
Written by Jill Kirby Friday, 09 July 2010 09:32
First, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, who is proving (surprisingly) eager to free us from Nanny's grasp. The dust had barely settled from his attack on Jamie Oliver-inspired mandatory school menus before Mr Lansley went on air again to pledge that the NHS would stop telling people what to eat. He prefers to "support communities and families to make healthier choices rather than dictate what they should and should...
