I’ve written a blog for the Independent on the latest anti-democractic move from the global elite. This time, the Honduran government have decided that new cities cannot possibly be built without the suspension of democracy. You can read it here: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/01/16/honduran-charter-cities-trample-on-democracy/

I wrote a bog entry for the Independent on drug use this week which seems to have caused quite a stir! You can read it here: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/24/let%e2%80%99s-have-an-honest-discussion-about-drug-use/

I was lucky enough to interview Roger Howard, CEO, UK Drugs Policy Commission last week. You can read the interview write up here: http://www.thefreesociety.org/Articles/Features/morality-and-the-law-an-interview-with-the-uk-drug-policy-commission We will be discussing drugs and morality at the Battle of Ideas festival in two weekends time, I look forward to continuing the debate…

The London riots were not inspired by social media. Nor are the rioters the young black men of the 1980s responding to institutional racism. Few rioters beyond Tottenham would justify their actions in the name of Mark Duggan, the man shot by the police some days ago. Instead the London rioters of 2011 are bored, [...]

This article was written for the Free Society in November 2008, you can see the rest of this post here: http://www.thefreesociety.org/Columnists/Suzy-Dean/alcohol-feminism-and-freedom Since when have women not been able to make up their minds whether to accept a drink or not? Proposed government policy aimed at reducing the amount of alcohol that women in particular drink [...]

This article was written in May 2011 for Free Society. More backward even than the opinion of Michael Sanguinette – the Toronto police officer said that women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised – is surely the founding of Slut Walk. You can find the rest of this post here: [...]

I was invited along to speak to a group of young people about booze bans. You can watch it here: http://www.worldbytes.org/don%E2%80%99t-shout-at-the-telly-booze-bans-2/

This artcle was written in Feb 2011 for Open Democracy A decision by the European Court of Human Rights on giving prisoners the vote in the UK is causing controversy. Following a case taken to the ECHR in 2004 by a prisoner, John Hirst, the government is being advised to enfranchise prisoners in time for the [...]

This article was first published with the Independent and then re-printed in Counterpunch, in October 2010 “Awareness raising” has become a common objective for health campaigns concerned about the dangers of alcohol. The gruesome Drinkaware television adverts and the NHS-sponsored posters are a case in point. They deface the back of every pub toilet door [...]

This article was first published with the Free Society in June 2010 The growing regulation of every day activity has lead to the imprisonment of many individuals for petty crimes. Illiberal policy making is not without its consequences; there has been a growth in the UK’s prison population. Between 1995 and 2009, the prison population in [...]