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A man fined £50 for putting litter in a bin is celebrating after it was scrapped thanks to The Sun newspaper .Andy Tierney had been accused of "misusing " the litter bin by putting two junk mail letters in it .Hinckley and Bosworth Council gave him the stupid fine because it was the wrong kind of rubbish .Litter bins in leics, are not allowed to be used for household rubbish .



The world is being run by idiots .

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote:



The world is being run by idiots .


If somebody in the government actually used enough brainpower to realise how anti-pc everyone is, bar overpaid fatcat government officials, and they promised to use common sense instead of 'political correctness' should they be voted into government, I'm sure they'd walk away with another landslide victory!

:-5

pantsonfire321@aol.com wrote: A man fined £50 for putting litter in a bin is celebrating after it was scrapped thanks to The Sun newspaper .Andy Tierney had been accused of "misusing " the litter bin by putting two junk mail letters in it .Hinckley and Bosworth Council gave him the stupid fine because it was the wrong kind of rubbish .Litter bins in leics, are not allowed to be used for household rubbish .







The world is being run by idiots .
I read that! Made me laugh all day!:wah:

What about this then ???



Nanny state forces parent into school with sticking plaster



Publisher: Keith Hall

Published: 11/03/2006 - 21:26:05 PM

Local council guidelines criticised



A parent spoke today of his anger after his wife had to go to their daughter's school to put a plaster on her cut finger because staff said they were not allowed to do it themselves.

Mother-of-two Julie Scott, 38, was called by staff at Uphill Primary School near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, on Wednesday after her daughter Emily, nine, received a cut to her finger.

Staff at the school told Mrs Scott that local council guidelines meant they were unable to put the sticking plaster on Emily's cut finger.

Mrs Scott bandaged up her daughter's finger and left a box of plasters by her desk in case of any further mishaps.

The school have claimed that strict guidelines passed down to them from North Somerset Council meant they were not allowed to administer plasters.

Speaking from the family's home today Emily's father Kevan, 39, criticised the guidelines.

He said: "The whole saga is absolutely ridiculous. My daughter had a tiny cut and I just cannot see the reason why a plaster couldn't be put on her finger by the staff.

"I am not criticising the school at all which has always been great. The staff I've spoken to there think the rule is stupid also.

"When my wife went in to put the plaster on Emily's finger the teachers were apologising to her for having to come in.

"It's a ludicrous guideline that the school seem to have been given, people should be men not mice.

"Members of the Parents and Teachers Association were saying just the other day how absurd it was.

"This is another example of the nanny state and the kind of rule that was probably drawn up by a committee because nobody with any sense would have come up with it on their own."

But North Somerset Council have stated that their guidelines have been interpreted incorrectly.

A spokesman for the council said: "We provide broad guidelines for first aid in schools and there is no mention of using plasters.

"Each child joining a school has to produce a medical declaration which includes allergies and therefore it is down to the school to use its judgement about whether it is appropriate to use plasters or not.

"This case highlights that we perhaps need to re-issue guidelines to schools to clarify the issue."

Copyright - Press Association 2006

School rules are that silly now. If a child does not have asigned permission slip from a parent or guardian, they cannot receive even a cough drop here. Teachers are warned not to give them anything, and then when you send them to the nurse, she sends them back!

It's insane for sure. I think the whole litigation and compensation culture is partly responsible for this sorry state we find ourselves in. If people weren't allowed to sue if little Johnny is allergic to a band-aid applied with the best intentions, the problem would be reduced.