In my role of Policy Analyst for the Consumer Choice Center, I produced a video about mandatory plain packaging of tobacco products in the United Kingdom. Find out more below!
An illustration of Europe’s anti-smoking obsession
The European Union does everything it can to reduce the number of smokers in its member states. What appears to be a laudable goal, has turned into a fact-free obsession in recent years. In fact, member states and EU regulations have made the market less transparent for the consumer, and have made harm-reducing products less […]
Students For Liberty success story
Students For Liberty activist Maria Chaplia has written an article about me for SFL’s blog. I’m very honoured to be considered a success story by Students For Liberty, and want to thank all that this organisation has given to me, and continues to give!
There aren’t lazy refugees, just discouraging governments
The nationalist right is filling up the internet with articles on how “mass immigration is destroying Germany,” as it is known to be the most permissive European country when it comes to accepting migrants. In fact, a third of all first-time asylum applications are filed in Germany, making it the most popular country for displaced […]
On AI, Europe prefers to think than to innovate
Despite the enormous opportunities provided by the technology surrounding artificial intelligence, the European Union is more preoccupied with coming up with creative ways of taxing automation and regulating AI. This will eventually show to be a massive error of judgement.
The Foodwatch report on Coca-Cola is paternalism masquerading as science
Last week, the German NGO Foodwatch published a report that intends to expose how the American soft-drink producer Coca-Cola is “marketing sweet causes of illnesses to children.” The report contains three main arguments, notably that sugary soft drinks marketed by Coca-Cola contribute significantly to the obesity crisis, that the company deliberately targets children, and that […]
The angrier your taxi driver is, the better
The temper tantrums thrown by taxi drivers around the world, when it comes to ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft, is indicative of a dying monopoly. If your taxi driver wasn’t angry at the gig economy, then something would be wrong.
Why is the UK complicit in the complete ban on snus?
In 1990, after a recommendation by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UK banned snus, a moist, smokeless tobacco product. Popular in Scandinavia, snus (Swedish for ‘snuff’) is sold in little prepackaged white pouches, which are commonly put underneath the upper lip. Unlike dry snuff or dipping tobacco, you don’t need to spit it out. […]
Students For Liberty protest unveiling of Marx statue in Germany
Bad ideas deserve a bad reputation. With this principle in mind, Students For Liberty groups in the region around the city of Trier organised a protest against the unveiling of a 5 meter tall statue of communist icon Karl Marx.
I attended an event of Nanny State hardliners. This is what happened.
There are moments in life in which your expectations meet reality. The “Legal but Lethal” event, held on April 23 in Brussels, happened to be such an occasion. Organised by the WEMOS Foundation the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), this conference illustrated was a magnificent illustration of the dogmatic nature […]
Bill Wirtz 