John Oxley: We keep making things that are already illegal even more illegal

John Oxley: We keep making things that are already illegal even more illegal

John Oxley is a consultant, writer, and broadcaster. His SubStack is Joxley Writes. Among some of the more esoteric online political movements in the UK, the idea of a “Meji Restoration” has become popular. The concept echoes 19th-century Japan, where Emperor Meji embarked on a plan of radical reforms which restored the political system and set the groundwork for industrialisation and Westernisation. Those who discuss it now feel that a similarl…