The comments in this email have been moderated by the sender to save IOSH the trouble. This makes me so angry.

Several points arise: Firstly, the contents of the article on the "HR Review" webpage with yesterday’s date (23.7.12) look rather familiar. The article simply states that David Cameron made his comments “in a speech” but gives no date. The fact that the comments included an announcement that “former Conservative Trade Secretary Lord Young would lead a review into how the health and safety culture can be curbed” indicates that the speech was made several years ago, not recently. Thus, it’s evident that the people at “HR Review” have dug up some old news to fill what might otherwise be a journalistic vacuum at the start of the main UK holiday season. Secondly, on the same webpage there is also a link http://www.hrreview.co.u...stuff-of-champions/37139 to an article by Teresa Budworth (Chief Executive of NEBOSH) regarding the forthcoming Olympic Games. It summarises the exceptional health and safety achievements during the development of the 2012 Olympic Park and Athletes’ Village, and includes various statistics plus the fact that nobody was killed during the massive project. Also, various measures to minimise sickness absence during the project saved around £7 million - all positive OS&H news which runs counter to the misperceptions which politicians and journalists, etc., like to exploit and perpetuate! It’s worth a read especially by those who have just read and fulminated at the article about David Cameron’s speech. I’d like to add that everybody who contributed towards the OS&H success of the project deserves a collective gold medal. However, as I’ve already mentioned the word ‘Olympics’ in this response, I’m wary about writing ‘gold’ and ‘medal’ for fear of incurring unwelcome attention from the LOCOG brand enforcers! :-( Thirdly, as a spin-off of the recent and sadly short-lived “Things you would not say” thread, it would be great though unlikely for a prime minister or other senior politician to start giving a speech about the burden of health and safety - then pause to say something like “Well, my speech writers have given me the usual nonsense to spout about health and safety - just sorry I didn’t have time to read through this beforehand” (chucks paper copy of speech onto floor) – “In fact real health and safety, as opposed to fictional health and safety, saves lives, protects health and wealth and is good for business and the UK economy. For some good examples consider the following aspects about the building of the Olympic Park…. “ Admittedly it’s an unlikely scenario but a nice one to envisage! :-)

It's been removed so I'm thinking they made a boo-boo!

Thank goodness ‘HR Review’ magazine has now removed the web article about David Cameron’s speech. This helps to reduce the perpetuation of the nonsense it contained, even though it deprives indignation-loving forum users of something to provoke a good dose of indignation! On a related note to A Kurdziel, the article evidently made you sufficiently annoyed to want to write things at #2 which you decided needed self-moderating - or did the current heat wave affect you as well?! Also, on a further whimsical note, better hope that nobody in the moderatorial team was upset by what you did: If too many forum users emulate your self-moderation, the team might be left with too little to moderate in future! :-)

Sounds positively delightful. No wonder tyou are the happiest people in the UK. On the contrary Graham. I heard normal procedure was to send out an application form immediately.