TR EMERITUS

(16 Jan) - Immigration has soared by 1,200% since 1983, adding the equivalent of a city to Britain annually, say official figures. According to the Office for National Statistics, the last full year for which figures are available (2013), net migration stood at the equivalent of the population of Portsmouth at 209,000. This... 

(1 Feb) - Thousands of pro-democracy activists have returned to the streets of Hong Kong for their first big rally since mass protests last year. But the number of protesters - put by organisers at 13,000 but by police at half that figure - was far lower than the earlier demonstrations. Their key demand is fully democratic elections... 

I refer to this week’s Talking Point, “Where’s my taxi?”, on improvements to taxi services. First, taxi operators do not treat cabbies as customers who pay to rent their vehicles; they are treated like modern-day rickshaw pullers. The operators impose many restrictions, but give no value back. Call system charges hardly...