The longer it continues in office, the more reactionary and beholden to vested interests this government turns out to be. So far it has surrendered to the establishment on immigration, on the EU, and on higher education (blocking any awkward notions of making administrators respect free speech). Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, now appears to believe it is the police establishment’s turn to be appeased: witness the reports this week about the recording of non-crime hate incidents, or NCHIs.