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I agree. The search for ways to "reduce the burden of regulation" was always nothing but a politically motivated fantasy. We are now beginning to realise that it is a dangerous fantasy as well.

How is it possible? Simple. It's a consequence of a genuinely held belief that "too much red tape" was holding back development and that deregulation was required to correct this. I was once a member of a working party charged by the Blair government to identify opportunities to abolish...

And Falmer Station is always closed when there is a music festival in Stanmer Park, but not when there is a football match at the Amex. Why? Only one of these events is dealt with by employing trained staff to supervise and deal with the overcrowding. It's not the overcrowding itself that...

I understand the principle. But, in other areas of life, it's isn't the case that finding a situation that is "unsafe" leads automatically to a decision to close down a facility. For example ... a railway station platform is "unsafe", if it gets overcrowded. The solution to this problem isn't...

This seems to be a decision that is at odds with the standard risk assessment methodology that I was taught. The likelihood of a major fire breaking out tonight is small, surely? Would it not be sufficient to draft in a team of fire wardens to watch for a fire and, should one arise, instigate...