“THE SYSTEM DOESN’T WORK” is a cliché that has done something to very dimly light up about five decades of progressive decline in the institutional machinery of the West. In Britain alone, you could make the remark accurately of about three dozen different systems – the entrenched civil service, newly pledged to rebel against future […]
Day: 27 May 2026
Scotland’s broken ferry network is the price of state control
THE SEALINKS BETWEEN THE SCOTTISH MAINLAND AND ITS ISLANDS are vital, both for exporting goods from the islands and for providing islanders with food, fuel, medicines, other supplies and tourists. The transport of fresh produce is particularly time-sensitive, with cancellations caused by failures in an aging fleet proving expensive. In summer, islanders are often stranded […]