Anthropologist of gambling and horseracing
London
Joined April 2012
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New book out with Pluto Press. #Ethnography #GamblingResearch #ViciousGames plutobooks.com/9780745340395…
Gambling research needs to learn from tobacco control. No more excuses. @maizie333
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Labour’s manifesto commitment on gambling is irresponsible | Letter theguardian.com/society/arti…
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At present the @GamRegGB & local authorities have a statutory duty to aim to permit a harmful industry. A new Gambling Act based on the prevention of harm is needed urgently to protect the public from the gambling industry's exploitative practices & products.
'We have a duty to protect people from gambling harm'
Minister for Gambling policy @StuartAndrew busts some myths on financial risk checks and explains how the new system will create a safer experience online
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Good to see @BBCNews holding @MayorofLondon to his promises. We should all have the right to control how much gambling advertising we want to experience #newgamblingact bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo…
The failures of the current system have been known for over 10 years thanks to Jim Orford. Vicious Games explains why nothing has changed. We need a new gambling Act that focuses on preventing harm rather than growing an extractive industry. plutobooks.com/9780745340395…
The committee referred to Fair Game, a report from 2014 led by @ProfRCassidy on the dangers of a research system predominantly reliant on industry funding research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprin…
Hopefully we don't have to wait another 10 years for meaningful change to broken UK gambling laws.
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This inquiry focuses on a health-harming industry & how to regulate it – can we assume that it will hear from Directors of Public Health & leaders in the field of commercial determinants of health, many of whom work in the UK? 🧵committees.parliament.uk/wor…
In the interests of transparency, will the organisations involved in consultations following the #gamblingwhitepaper including @DCMS @DHSCgovuk and @GamRegGB undertake to publish lists of attendees, the reasons they were selected, and to make public the content of the meetings?
'The Gambling Act 2005, the ideas & assumptions that it rests on, can & should be questioned and changed.' The #whitepaper reproduces the underlying principles of a harmful system. @maizie333 @blythe_jenny Niko Ovenden & I are calling for a new approach.
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Any early career researchers working on gambling out there? Critical Gambling Studies is planning a special edition just for you. @cgs_journal Contact the RANGES network if you need any support. ranges-network.com/contact/
So depressing to hear @lucyfrazermp say that regulations must not get in the way of 'people who want to have a flutter'. Please stop using the cosy image of a two pound bet on the National to justify a massive commercial industry based on exploitation.plutobooks.com/9780745340395…
Powerful article quantifying lobbying by the UK gambling industry.
"Behind the scenes, gambling firms and their lobbyists meet with government officials on an almost weekly basis"bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-… via @business
Diversity in action at #Europom2022 in #Helsingborg. Looking forward to important conversations about climate change this afternoon. #anthropologyofapples @LeverhulmeTrust
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Disease resistant good fruit quality cultivars should be the focus of fruit breeding. Newly released disease susceptible 🍎 🍏 cultivars need frequent sprays & are costly to the environment. We need responsible #PlantBreeding for sustainable future.
It was a real privilege to travel to Geneva and see the amazing work being done by @FruitDiseases at @CornellCALS. Collaborations can help us to understand the 'culture' in horticulture!
It was great to have @ProfRCassidy visit us & discuss some of our ongoing research on genetics of disease resistance & pre breeding of #Apples
Important thread from @maizie333 showing that gambling reform is possible and exposing the tactics used to derail it: failing to focus on products and policies, ignoring good enough evidence and insisting on perfection. We know these tactics inside out. Time to get past them.
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The government is soon to release its gambling white paper, with much discussion in the media this week about what it may contain. Everyone in the UK should be taking note as this white paper touches us all 🧵
If the voluntary levy remains the primary method of funding, the independent research that is desperately needed, including about gambling and suicide, will not get done. No more status quo. Retweet if you agree. #gamblingreview @DCMS @GambleAware @GamRegGB
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We analysed three gambling industry-funded youth education programmes asking if and how they align with industry interests and policy preferences
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🚨Thanks to @maizie333 @CDRG_LSHTM for leading on this new paper “The politics and fantasy of the gambling education discourse: An analysis of gambling industry-funded youth education programmes in the United Kingdom” thread below👇 #CDOH @lshtm