The EU and Britain, with minor differences of degree and emphasis, have for over two decades been dominated by the liberalisation agenda, including a constant diet of "deregulation" (doublespeak that actually means more regulators)...
How exactly does a constant diet of deregulation mean more regulators, and what does this have to do with the efficiency of the business sector involved? "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
Ofcom inherited the duties that had previously been the responsibility of five regulatory bodies: the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission, the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel), the Radio Authority, and the Radiocommunications Agency.
Ofcom inherited the duties that had previously been the responsibility of five regulatory bodies:
Do you mean that Ofcom had remit over issues not regulated by those five bodies? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.