Health and safety madness: a menace with ancient British roots

By Bagehot

IN JERSEY last week, interviewing some of the island’s two hundred or so honorary (ie, unpaid) elected police, I asked a senior officer if he thought this ancient system would survive much longer. There are already worrying signs of a shortfall in recruitment, especially in the busiest volunteer force which operates in the capital St Helier.

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