level playing field

They added that the registration scheme was a first step towards licensing, which they said was a "means of helping to establish a level playing field and to ensure visitors have confidence in the high standards available throughout Wales".

In letters written to the telecoms regulator earlier in October, seen by the BBC, Reliance repeatedly urged the creation of a "level playing field between satellite-based and terrestrial access services".

This idea of a “marketplace of ideas” feeds into a view of social media as offering a level playing field, allowing all voices to be heard equally.

When push comes to shove, what Trump and many of his supporters want is authoritarianism in the services of their personal and group advantage, not the traditional ideal of a rule of law that creates a level playing field and social stability within which economic and political competition takes place.

But that sort of patchwork approach would, by definition, not create the level playing field the care service is meant to provide.