Council bans parents from play areas because they don’t have CRB checks.
The mind boggles. I think Henry Porter summed it up nicely:
“This is a fundamental breach of rights, but almost as serious is the offence to common sense”
Who are the people who make this kind of decision, and why are they so paranoid? Wouldn’t it be better if people with these responsibilities assessed the risks that we all face reasonably and rationally?
This kind of petty officiousness deserves no mercy. Mass civil disobedience is called for. I hope that these adventure playgrounds are inundated with an unstoppable horde of parents and grandparents, bearing picnics, toys, and healthy bullshit detectors.
Someone’s got to make sure the kids know that we’re really screwing these things up.
Its the curse of the nanny state; at what point will people think, what the hell? when its too late.
I cant see labour being around for long but at the same time I dont think a government change will alter much as its the councils where this insanity stems from. All were teaching children is that adults are something to be feared; much like news paper stories teach middle aged plus people to be scared of all teenagers and the asbo generation.
This country has gone to the dumps.