Today is Shrove Tuesday and should have been Pancake Race Day in Ripon.
However, this year’s traditional celebrations in the cathedral city have fallen flat because of “the amount of work needed to carry out risk assessments”.
The Dean of Ripon, the Very Rev Keith Jukes, told the Daily Telegraph:
"We have looked at this and there are a number of reasons why it won't take place and a big reason this year is, sadly, health and safety.
"Any organisation that runs an event has to go through risk assessments. The insurance companies demand it and in the end you have to work out whether it's a risk you take.”
My colleague, David Curry, MP for Skipton and Ripon, was so affronted by this latest triumph for the healthansafety industry that he raised it en passant at this morning’s session of the Planning Bill committee. I’m glad to say that there were murmurs of sympathy from both sides of the committee and the chairman, Barnsley’s Eric Illsley, muttered darkly that the Denby Dale pie would be next.
However, this year’s traditional celebrations in the cathedral city have fallen flat because of “the amount of work needed to carry out risk assessments”.
The Dean of Ripon, the Very Rev Keith Jukes, told the Daily Telegraph:
"We have looked at this and there are a number of reasons why it won't take place and a big reason this year is, sadly, health and safety.
"Any organisation that runs an event has to go through risk assessments. The insurance companies demand it and in the end you have to work out whether it's a risk you take.”
My colleague, David Curry, MP for Skipton and Ripon, was so affronted by this latest triumph for the healthansafety industry that he raised it en passant at this morning’s session of the Planning Bill committee. I’m glad to say that there were murmurs of sympathy from both sides of the committee and the chairman, Barnsley’s Eric Illsley, muttered darkly that the Denby Dale pie would be next.
2 comments:
I suppose midget throwing has long since been banned?
You can not even throw an egg at a politician anymore, not since Precott punched that gut slap bang on the head.
I suppose midget throwing has long since been banned?
You can not even throw an egg at a politician anymore, not since Prescott punched that guy slap bang on the head.
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