by Jim Orford | Apr 4, 2025 | Gambling
On 17 March the Lords voted against an amendment to the Football Governance Bill which would have placed a duty on the proposed new Independent Football Regulator to gradually eliminate altogether gambling-related sponsorship and advertising, something that many of us...
by Jim Orford | Jan 13, 2025 | Addiction and the family
AFINet (Addiction and the Family International Network), which now has 900 members from over 50 countries, is holding its 6th Annual Conference, 21st-23rd May 2025, at Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada. As always, this conference offers a unique platform for...
by Jim Orford | Nov 13, 2024 | War
I wear the red poppy, as others do, to remember and honour those who died serving their country during wars. It is personal to me as well, not because a close relative died, but because my father, and my uncles, his two brothers, served in the second World War, so I...
by Jim Orford | Aug 30, 2024 | Economic Inequality
The UK news has been dominated by riots, often violent, in towns around the country. Government and the media have talked of thugs lacking any cause or message, and the need for swift punishment, often jail. This is reminiscent of the official response to the riots of...
by Jim Orford | Aug 2, 2024 | Gambling
The Gambling Commission has just released its first report of results from its new Gambling Survey for Great Britain. A lot of work has gone into this new-style, improved, survey method and we shall be hearing much more about this in the future. According to a...
