It may appear as an epidemic, as a hereditary complaint, or as an obstinate and incorrigible disease again and again recurring.

For example, if someone has a difficult time trying to lose weight, they may pose the question “Why can’t I lose weight?” Do you see how presupposingly negative this questions is?

The dog is loose again.

The underlying problem with transport policy is that there no coherent strategy. Ministers have tended to encourage greater use of motor vehicles through both transport and (particularly) planning policies, while simultaneously warning of the terrible consequences of unfettered growth of road use.