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#1 Posted : 01 December 2011 11:21:41(UTC)
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Will be interesting to see whats made of this!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...eds-bucks-herts-15980183
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Ron Hunter  
#2 Posted : 01 December 2011 12:21:31(UTC)
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"The Health and Safety Executive are carrying out a full investigation and, until that is complete, there will be nothing further to report."
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#3 Posted : 01 December 2011 12:25:24(UTC)
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Brian Hagyard wrote:
Will be interesting to see whats made of this!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...eds-bucks-herts-15980183


I do hope they are ok

What were they doing (I know a tried and tested routie..), but it happened Wed, when there was strike action on, was the school not closed.
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barnaby  
#4 Posted : 01 December 2011 13:21:20(UTC)
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Lawlee45239 wrote:
Brian Hagyard wrote:
Will be interesting to see whats made of this!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/new...eds-bucks-herts-15980183


I do hope they are ok

What were they doing (I know a tried and tested routie..), but it happened Wed, when there was strike action on, was the school not closed.


According to the BBC report:

BBC wrote:
The school, which became a science specialist college in 2008, was closed to pupils in years seven to 11 at the time of the incident due to Wednesday's strike action.


Presumably the parent of the 6 year old child, who suffered minor injuries, was following D Cameron's advice.
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walker  
#5 Posted : 01 December 2011 13:30:11(UTC)
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ron hunter wrote:
"The Health and Safety Executive are carrying out a full investigation and, until that is complete, there will be nothing further to report."


So let's be professional here and not speculate .
The circling of vultures is not a pretty sight
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barnaby  
#6 Posted : 01 December 2011 13:52:59(UTC)
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Daily Mail wrote:
Jim Hiom, branch secretary of the GMB union in Milton Keynes, said: 'This terrible explosion in this Milton Keynes school where this child and a technician were injured and hospitalised today shows that David Cameron's approach to both health and safety at work and to protest strikes by two million workers is glib, complacent and out of touch with the real world.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co....chers.html#ixzz1fI5o70OU


I should write for the Mail!
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Irwin43241  
#7 Posted : 01 December 2011 15:18:30(UTC)
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Barnaby wrote:
Daily Mail wrote:
Jim Hiom, branch secretary of the GMB union in Milton Keynes, said: 'This terrible explosion in this Milton Keynes school where this child and a technician were injured and hospitalised today shows that David Cameron's approach to both health and safety at work and to protest strikes by two million workers is glib, complacent and out of touch with the real world.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co....chers.html#ixzz1fI5o70OU


I should write for the Mail!

Remember ministers, including David Cameron, were advising people to take their children to work.
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Ron Hunter  
#8 Posted : 01 December 2011 16:12:59(UTC)
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Walker at #5: You catch my drift.
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