Gambling Addiction PODCAST #29: 'Public Health Priority' - Alex Norris Labour MP

The Invisible Addiction

In this episode Alex Norris, Labour MP for Nottingham North and Shadow Public Health Minister, shares his views on the UK gambling landscape. 🇬🇧

It’s an interesting interview – Alex answered many of my questions (often interrogation!) – with honesty and dignity.

We covered a wide range of topics in the Podcast including:

* What is the difference between health and public health?

* Alex’s thoughts on the Football Index scandal. ⚽️

* Has lockdown been a breeding ground for gambling addiction?

* What are Alex’s thoughts on the normalisation of gambling to young people in this country?

* How would Alex make gambling safer?

* How do we get more people into treatment for gambling addiction? 📈

* Is prevention better than cure?

* How do we prevent gambling related suicide?

* What is Labour’s point of view on gambling related harm?

There’s also a couple of questions Alex answers from Twitter. Thank you to Privateer and GamblingInsight for their questions.

A massive thank you to Alex for coming onto the Podcast. It was interesting to hear from an MP and to see how the land lies in the UK.

We get in at the deep end pretty quickly and Alex shares his views especially around his local constituency of Nottingham and Nottingham Forest’s relationship with Football Index, as well as his views on the Gambling Act Review in the UK.

I’m really excited to share the conversation with you!

Alex

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⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

06:34 Alex’s thoughts on Football Index scandal?

14:47 How would Alex make gambling safer?

26:24 How do we get more people into treatment?

47:01 What is Labour’s point of view on gambling related harm?

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✉️ Email Alex Norris:

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With very special thanks to the sponsors of this episode, TalkBanStop.

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