We should resist nuclear option on Apple and have a reasoned debate

One of the first rules of crisis communications is that you gather your facts before opening your mouth, writes Fergus Finlay

ON’T ever move house. That’s my advice anyway, especially if you’ve lived in the same house for 30 years or so. There’s a terrible wrench involved — much more than you might think there’s going to be. And the amount of stuff you need to dispose of is astonishing.

But amazingly, every now and again you come across something that reminds you of a moment you should never forget. Buried at the back of a drawer, I came across a little box of tablets that ought to be framed and hung in the office of every policy maker in the country, as a reminder of how fatuous public policy can sometimes be.