Taking refuge in the garden

The news is full of the final passing into law of the perversely named "Rwanda Safety Bill".  Or in other words, we have travelled right through the looking-glass with Alice:

"When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ’The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master — that’s all."