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Across the Anglosphere, governments on both sides of politics have never been more interested in the personal lives of their citizens. The nanny state thrives from Australia to the United Kingdom, and even in that traditional bastion of freedom, the USA.Christopher Snowdon is the UK's leading warrior against the excesses of the nanny state. He is the Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs, the author of six books, the editor of the Nanny State Index, and the co-host of the brilliant “Last Orders” podcast from Spiked.Please leave Fire at Will a rating and a review in your favourite podcast app!Follow Will Kingston and Fire at Will on social media here.Read The Spectator Australia here.Visit Christopher's website here.

Recorded at the Battle of Ideas festival 2021 on Sunday 10 October at Church House, London. ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION According to many political commentators, the break-up of the UK is becoming inevitable. When devolution was implemented in the 1990s, one of the aims of its supporters was to head off rising support for separation. But the opposite has happened, with support for Scottish independence and greater Welsh autonomy growing even stronger. In Scotland, for example, the pro-independence SNP has now won four elections on the trot and has renewed calls for another referendum. Some commentators now believe that a politicised sense of Englishness is on the rise, too. One factor is the differential impact of the Brexit referendum. People in England and Wales voted to leave the EU while Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain. The situation is full of contradictions and complications. For example, people emphasising a British national identity were more likely to vote Leave in Scotland and Wales but Remain in England. Those supporting the cause of ‘independence' in Scotland and Wales want to remain within the EU, proclaiming the importance of free movement, yet their borders were imposed during the Covid crisis. The devolved government in Scotland favours rejoining the EU, yet others wonder how that fits with the desire for self-government. On all sides, there has been a problem of legitimacy. Those who favour keeping the Union have struggled to espouse a convincing sense of what it means to be British. The result has often been a crude attempt to manufacture a sense of Britishness. For example, the Westminster government recently announced plans are being drawn up to protect ‘distinctively British' television programming and asked Ofcom to provide a definition of Britishness for public-service broadcasters. Meanwhile, contrary to the tradition that the push for statehood means demanding more democracy and freedom, the devolved assemblies appear to have amplified the illiberal impulses of twenty-first-century politics. In Scotland, for example, the government has devoted much of its energy to devising new ways to monitor, control and restrict people's day-to-day lives: criminalising football supporters, attempting to impose a ‘named person' to monitor children's upbringing and passing a Hate Crime Bill that opponents regard as an attack on free speech. Forty years ago, writer Tom Nairn said that the break-up of Britain would come, not because of the strength of the independence cause in any particular part of Britain, but because of a more general fading of support for the Union. Has Nairn been proved correct? Is the real issue not a democratic surge to independence but gradual separation by attrition? That said, there are signs that perhaps the break-up of the Union is not a foregone conclusion. In recent months, for example, opinion polls have suggested that support for Scottish independence has weakened. Perhaps the real nail in the coffin is if the English lose interest in the Union. In his book How Britain Ends, journalist Gavin Esler argues that the UK could survive Scottish and Welsh nationalism, but English nationalism is the force that will break up the Union. Is he right? With Brexit divisions and the impact of Covid, are we witnessing the fragmentation of the Union and a new sovereignty by stealth? How substantial are the differences between the UK and devolved governments' approaches? Do those arguing for independence or more devolution offer the genuine possibility of a democratic future? Or does this trajectory risk creating a Union based on anomalies and a patchwork of competencies, in the process undermining the viability of UK democracy? SPEAKERS Dr Richard Johnson writer; lecturer in US politics, Queen Mary, University of London; author, The End of the Second Reconstruction: Obama, Trump, and the crisis of civil rights Penny Lewis lecturer, University of Dundee; author, Architecture and Collective Life Alex Salmond leader, ALBA Party; former leader, Scottish National Party; author, The Dream Shall Never Die Christopher Snowdon head of lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; editor, Nanny State Index; author, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism Max Wind-Cowie co-author, A Place for Pride; former head, Progressive Conservatism Project, Demos; commentator CHAIR Alastair Donald co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; convenor, Living Freedom; author, Letter on Liberty: The Scottish Question

O Nanny State Index é um índice que mede de que forma os governos europeus regulam, limitam ou proíbem as escolhas individuais de consumo. Este ano, Portugal registou alguns progressos, melhorando do 17.º para o 19.º lugar (em 30 países). Ver no Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoyUvaUm06s

In this special episode of TPA Talks, Christopher Snowden, Head of Lifestyle Economics for the IEA, discusses the Nanny State Index, which ranks European countries based on excessive regulation of food, drinks, vaping, tobacco, and alcohol. Discover why the UK has climbed to the unenviable position of being the second-worst country for food and soft drink regulation, the role of e-cigarettes in harm reduction, tobacco taxes, and more. Visit nannystateindex.org to see the full league table and learn more!

This week saw the release of the Nanny State Index 2023, a joint project of the IEA and EPiCENTER. The index ranks European countries based on their policies towards alcohol, tobacco, vaping, food and soft drink. In this week's podcast, IEA Director of Public Policy and Communications Matthew Lesh discusses the UK's nanny state trajectory with the index's editor IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics Christopher Snowdon. You can read the latest Nanny State Index here: https://nannystateindex.org/

Baroness Claire Fox of Buckle kicks off todays show by taking down the morning's headlines as trans activists at the "prestigious" have glued themselves to the floor of the Oxford Union in protest of a talk by Prof Kathleen Stock, we get Claire's take on the shocking state of free speech on campuses nationwide. Social Policy Analyst and Author Rakib Ehsan joins shortly after to discuss why on Earth Downing Street have paid £1m to a pro-migrant charity that calls UK borders ‘systematically racist'. Head of Lifestyle Economics at The IEA Christopher Snowdon returns to The Independent Republic to discuss his new Nanny State Index as the UK is named one of Europe's worst ‘nanny states' for eating and drinking. TV personality Jodie Marsh closes the show to discuss her experience on the set of This Morning and her personal upset with how she was treated by Phil and Holly as ITV remain in a pit of despair. All that and so much more, so tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gary sits down with Christopher Snowdon, author of the Nanny State Index. They discuss vaping; smoking; sugar taxes; Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) for alcohol; the drive towards increased nanny statism coming from NGOs; and what consumers can do to fight back.   http://nannystateindex.org/

2019 års upplaga av Nanny State Index har släppts, och Sverige har blivit omsprunget i en av sina paradgrenar: förmynderipolitik. Resten av EU:s länder blir mindre frihetliga medan Sverige inte inför tillräckligt många nya förbud, skatter och regleringar för att hålla takten. Det är dock på väg att förändras. Lars Anders har tagit sig an tunnelbaneetiken, och vad inställningen att man bör stå still i båda filerna i rulltrappan säger om ens syn på staten, individen och kollektivet. Smedjans redaktörer tar ställning för upprätthållandet av den rådande normen där den som vill stå stilla gör det till höger. Slutligen diskuterar vi den pågående pilotstrejken, och de PR-mässiga problem som uppstår när de som strejkar redan har betydligt bättre villkor än de flesta som drabbas av strejken. Vi förklarar även pedagogiskt skillnaden mellan att kritisera en enskild strejk och att vilja förbjuda strejker. Turn on, tune in, freak out!

On Friday 23 November, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced a ban on adverts for junk food on London's transport network. Posters for food and drink high in fat, salt and sugar will disappear from the Underground, Overground, buses and bus shelters. But just how effective is advertising? That was the topic of this debate at the Battle of Ideas 2018 festival, produced in partnership with Diageo. (More details here.) INTRODUCTION Advertising has become a familiar target of hostile campaigners. Public health campaigners and quangos want bans or restrictions on adverts for foods and drinks that are high in sugar, salt or fat. Campaigns around alcohol, gambling and ‘payday’ loans demand bans on the promotion of these activities. Others seek to suppress adverts featuring models who are excessively thin – or, indeed, models who are overweight. Why are all these campaigners so convinced by the manipulative power of advertising? What is the evidence that advertising can control behaviour? Can it really do any more than influence consumers to choose one brand over another? SPEAKERS DR SHIRLEY DENTcommunications specialist and PR lecturer; co-author, Radical Blake CARL MILLERresearch director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos; author, The Death of the Gods: the new global power grab CHRISTOPHER SNOWDONhead of lifestyle economics, Institute of Economic Affairs; editor, Nanny State Index; author, Selfishness, Greed and Capitalism STEVE SODENdirector, Best Interests Ltd

Barnvaktsstaten, SD, EU:s nya länkförbud och #metoo i medierna. I tionde avsnittet tar sig Smedjans redaktörer Blanche Jarn och Lars Anders Johansson an förbudsivern bland Europaparlamentets partier. Utgångspunkten är årets utgåva av The Nanny State Index som jämför paternalistisk politik i olika länder. Sedan avhandlas Sverigedemokraternas opinionsframgångar, borgerlighetens misslyckande och varför Sverigedemokraterna inte är ett borgerligt parti. Därefter diskuteras den föreslagna upphovsrättslagstiftningen inom EU som av kritiker beskrivits som ett länkförbud. Avslutningsvis behandlas mediernas publicistiska haverier i samband med den gångna höstens #metoo-upprop, med anledning av att Pressens Opinionsnämnd fällt tio publiceringar för brott mot de pressetiska reglerna. Allra sist besvaras veckans läsarfråga. Turn on, tune in, freak out!

Nanny State Index eli holhousyhteiskuntien indeksi valitsi Suomen viime vuonna nautintoaineiden sääntelyn ykkösmaaksi koko maailmassa. Yli 60 suomalaisista on sitä mieltä, että valtio kontrolloi liikaa yritysten ja kansalaisten toimia. Onko suomalainen  sääntely kirous, siunaus, muinaisjäänne vaiko hyvinvointivaltion tarpeellinen turvaverkko? Roman Schatzin  vieraina ovat tietokirjailija Tommi Uschanov ja ajatuspaja Liberan toiminnanjohtaja Heikki Pursiainen.