<b>Aaaah, the crack of leather on willow inspires our perceptive pinniped this month. But what&amp;’s this? Civil servants trying to keep abreast of new fashions? It&amp;’ll never work</b><br><b>All of a sudden, like a Geoffrey Boycott-led run chase, the Building Regulations scoreboard has started moving again after what seems like an age stuck on a low double-figure score. The quick single that took us from Part M on to Part N, snicked past third slip early in the proceedings, troubling both the scorers and the double-glazing industry, looked for a long while like it might be the last scoring stroke of the innings. However with an uncharacteristic flurry, Parts P and Q have fizzed off the bat of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, past the unsuspecting fielders patrolling the on-side boundary. </b><br><b>In short, Part P, which is to do with electrical safety, seems mostly harmless. On the other hand, the Part Q consultation, which relates to broadband, seems mostly ironic, but is presumably meant to be taken seriously by the reader. </b><br><b>The &amp;“idea&amp;” is that all new homes should be plumbed to allow for hard-wired broadband installation - the rather obvious &amp;“problem&amp;” is that hard-wiring seems consigned to the …