common sense breaks out in the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7969629.stm

a newfoundland lifeguard dog has been reinstated over the objections of H&S - good.

ridiculous bloody jobsworths.

I'm reminded of the line used by Douglas Adams regarding the marketing department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation when speaking about health and safety types - 'a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes.'

pigs on the wing

Employment minister Tony McNulty has said he did nothing wrong by claiming second-home expenses on a London house where his parents live.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7957555.stm

FFS, when will these troughing cunts ever stop??
is there even enough piano wire in London?

I wish I had that amount of brass neck, I can tell you.