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© Greg Nash Consider this column my heartfelt outreach to those on the extreme wings of the political spectrum in Congress who often engage in bizarre conduct to attract attention to their cause. In brief, my plea is: Consider the big picture institution you are a part of and your obligations to it and the people it represents. My main concern is that more and more members are coming to Congress without a fundamental understanding of, respect for, or commitment to the institution to which they have just been elected. Instead, they have been captured and driven by the electoral imperative of ...

George Boardman | Columnist It’s the nature of politics to rally ‘round the flag when it comes to a party’s position on the major issues of the day. This is particularly true of Republicans who aspire to re-election or higher office and fear the wrath of you know who. One way to stay on the good side of Donald Trump is an iron-fisted approach to illegal aliens, portrayed by the Grand Old Party as disreputable people — possibly criminals — who want to take jobs no Americans want. Rep. Doug LaMalfa can be counted among the believers. He backed Trump’s call for the “big, beautiful�...

YOUR correspondent alludes to the failure to track and test those who have been obliged to self-isolate on arrival from abroad (“Confusion over the quarantine rules”, letters, February 12). Unfortunately, the latest mandatory hotel isolation requirements do not resolve these concerns. Indeed, they beg the question as to whether the new arrangements risk contagion in cramped, airless, air-conditioned environments as opposed to managed self-isolation at a nominated safe address. The new regulations effectively punish individuals financially and emotionally – £1,700 in exchange for ...