My recent post bemoaning the loss of my daily newspaper delivery due to heavy handed nanny state legislation has been given a plug today by Iain Dale who was also incredulous.
A good point was raised by Neil Craig about how it had helped boost the coffers of our young people who are wrapped in cotton wool by bureaucracy. It’s like another age old tradition that has come to an end.
Thanks Iain.
Hi Ellee
Perhaps newsagents were not always legally responsible for the safety of their newspaper boys/girls but they were always morally responsible. Parents have abrogated their responsibilities in a lot of areas and so perhaps it is a good thing that someone is obliged to take an interest.
Murdo are you saying that by sending their kids`on paper rounds parents were abrogating their responsibilities and that somehow we should be thankful to the nanny state for making as see the errors of our ways?
Geoff – I am saying that a lot of parents don’t bother to check that their children are riding bikes that are safe and roadworthy. I have seen, or should I say hardly seen, paper boys and girls riding around in the dark with no lights and using their feet on the ground for brakes.
I am just as concerned about the excessive measures taken on the grounds of Health & Safety as you obviously are, but there are still limits, especially where children are involved.