It all kicked off yesterday. Snuggled cosily in Twitter’s collective bosom between Diane Abbott’s own #tweetgate affair and something to do with So Solid Crew was David Cameron, who went public with the Coalition’s New Year resolutions (with the help of the BBC, we may add).
The Prime Minster felt the need to put to the British people that health and safety is synonymous with monsters and a sea bird popularised in a popular poem. It was a strange day all round...
Cue hurrahs and LOLs from the legions of tabloid-reading zombies and the odd Conservative Councillor with too much time on their hands. “About time,” said one tweet. “Good on him,” said another. The London Evening Standard, bless them, forgot all about stabbings, economic woes and the 2012 Olympics and devoted precious column inches to the PM, so every Londoner had the opportunity to dwell on the Government’s resolutions on their Tube journey home. That’s democracy right there...
But when it comes to New Year’s resolutions Dave, most people join a gym. Give up smoking. That kinda thing. What one doesn’t do is pillory a profession who strives to protect workers from injury and death. The funny thing is: while Cameron was slinging soundbites around like confetti outside a registry office, IOSH was holding talks with Professor Ragnar Lofstedt in London about how best we can take his report forward, particularly in Europe. What the Coalition also fails to realise is that without good, sensible health and safety the economy would be worse off than it is now.
So take note anyone who goes public with their New Year’s resolutions. You probably will fail. Sadly though, David Cameron’s promise of halving all current health and regulations within this year will probably be realised.
Shaun.
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