25 MARCH 1989, Page 10

A DICTIONARY OF CANT

LAW AND ORDER. Often, this means 'the rope'. Lately we have seen much more law, and rather less order, so let us not have them linked together like love and marriage, or horse and car- iiage. Most of the states throughout history have bullied and repressed peo- ple, but only a few have been frank enough to do it in the name of bullying and repression. Most do it in the name of law and order.

Nigel Burke