Just received my copy of this week's Spectator. One sentence from its first page Portrait Of The Week feature: "Brunei delayed,'due to unavoidable circumstances', the introduction of laws imposing death by stoning of adulterers and the severing of limbs for theft". New laws, you will note; not old ones which just happen to survive. Wonder what those 'unavoidable circumstances' could have been, or how long the 'delay' will be. Not holding breath.

~M~