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By Maurice Hutton Kontuthu Ziyathunqa – Smoke Rising – was what they used to call Bulawayo when the city was the industrial powerhouse of Zimbabwe. Now, many of its factories lie dormant or derelict. The daily torrent of workers flowing eastward at dawn, and back out to the high-density western … [Read more...] about The beer gardens of Bulawayo

By Phil Cain Sir Keir Starmer’s government could find much-needed focus by committing to policymaking process reform, with the delivery of effective mandatory alcohol health labels being an excellent place to start. If Sir Keir is more about processes than vision, as pundits say, then why … [Read more...] about Opinion: Sir Keir Starmer should showcase change with labelling

The UK government's ten-year plan for the NHS today angered experts having omitting the main evidence-based preventive policies to tackle alcohol harm. In its election-winning manifesto last year Labour pledged to focus on ways to prevent the major causes of ill-health. Instead the plan opted … [Read more...] about Experts pan UK ten-year plan for broken prevention promise

Alcohol-specific disorders and poisonings was the fourth biggest preventable cause of death in the EU in 2022, after lung cancer, heart disease and covid, according statistics from Eurostat. The rate was especially high in Estonia, Latvia and Hungary according to Eurostat's analysis. … [Read more...] about Alcohol among biggest causes of preventable EU death

The nanny cliche is surely well past retirement age? It is at least as inaccurate as it is worn out. What kind of nanny increases tax on something or reduces its availability? None. And who actually spends billions telling us what to do? Commercial advertisers. ■ … [Read more...] about “Nanny state” cliche long past retirement age