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Posted By Helen Horton
Did anyone else hear Lisa Jardine on the Today Programme? She was asserting that "Health and Safety" rule the world on the basis that a disaffected maintenance man stopped her from climbing an unsecured ladder to fix a banner and informed her that the job couldn't be done because the requisite man to climb and man to foot weren't available. Her response was to do the job "by stealth" by stacking a chair on top of two tables. Can we have an official response by IOSH preferrably in person in the form of an interview of our President on the Today Programme please?
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Posted By Richie
I heard it.
To quote the great Joe Walsh: "You can't argue with a sick mind".
In my oppinion a response by IOSH will fall on deaf ears, unless the IOSH respondee also happens to be of the academic persuasion (Dr, Professor etc.), as it is very likely that she will not listen to the great unwashed.
Let's not forget that 'The Today Show' has editorial resonsibility for all content. I have heard many other contributions to the 'Who Runs Britain?' slot, all of which at least attempted to give a balanced viewpoint. This piece was not balanced in the least.
Maybe a request for justification of such a biased piece should be sent to the BBC, copied to the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. License-fee payers paid for that drivel. No doubt the BBC paid Lisa Jardine.
Richie.
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Posted By Anne Smart
Dear all,
IOSH president Neil Budworth has responded to the programme. Please see the latest news section of this website for details.
Anne Smart, IOSH media and marketing assistant
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Posted By Anne Smart
Dear all,
After persistent lobbying by the IOSH media team, Neil Budworth will be talking on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow. Please check out the news section of this website for further details.
Anne Smart, IOSH media and marketing assistant
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Anne
Just to say though that Neil may be hi-jacked on this as they are in the midst of this strange poll to see Who Rules Britain.
Bob
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Posted By Helen Horton
Good point Anne - don't forget these are the same poeple (ie the listerners) who voted for a "people's law" a few years ago to make it legal to kill burgulars and other disreputables you might find on your premises!
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Posted By Karen Newman
I was very disappointed at Neils response on the Today programme on Saturday, I don't think he put up a very good defence at all and it was a missed opportunity to defend sensiible H&S.
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Posted By William O'Donnell
This appears to be in line with other programmes transmitted on television.
One programme comes instantly to mind, an episode of 'Life of Grime' in which Environmental Officers were televised at an empty property picking up discarded hypodermic needles with his bare hands, and dispositing them into a black bin bag which he then flung onto a pile of rubbush.
This was followed, on Channel 4, by two ladie property developers using sledge hammers to smash up the Cemented Asbestos sheeting from the verandah of a recently purchased house.
Definition "health and safety, the art of protecting people from their own stupidity"
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Posted By fats van den raad
Good point Anne - don't forget these are the same poeple (ie the listerners) who voted for a "people's law" a few years ago to make it legal to kill burgulars and other disreputables you might find on your premises!
I can't see the problem here!! Is there one???
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Posted By Jonathan Breeze
I can't believe that I missed both the original diatribe and Neils response on Saturday.
As I don't have a sound card, I can't even listen over t'internet.
Still, what I want to know is when are IOSH going to respond to the mocking that "elf 'n' safety" received on last weeks Basil Brush Show?
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