Barmy Britain comes to Ilfracombe

I just simply want to know why sensible people put up with such cr*p!


IT'S NO USE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS SORT OF THING.

DO SOMETHING.

Councils alledgedly are short of monet, yet somehow they find the dosh to employ people like this:


A spokesman for North Devon District Council said it had not been approaches this year by organisers of the event.

She said: "A Temporary Event Notice (TEN) has been issued by North Devon Council for a virtual bonfire night at Ilfracombe Rugby Club.

"This allows the sale by retail of alcohol and the provision of regulated entertainment for this event at a cost of £21 to the organisers.

"If people are employed to provide a real bonfire or firework display then health and safety legislation will apply."

vote socialist imo

More shoite from the media.
The exact same story is found here from 2006.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-414339/Hundreds-huddle-virtual-bonfire.html

Here are a few comments regarding the event which I've gathered together which throw a different light on the story.

"Contrary to the 'health-and-safety' storm that was stirred up in the national media, the club had merely come up with the idea so that their pitch was preserved from the usual aftermath debris, so that forthcoming games could still be played safely".


"Everybody had a great time."

"We used to have the bonfire on the pitch so we have the added advantage of a clear ground for the next game"

"The idea of the virtual bonfire was to give our event an edge.''

Of course my quotes are taken entirely out of context (just like the media do) but make more sense to me.

Never mind though, in a few weeks it will be Christmas when we will be fed the made up, rehashed storys of:

Health (Sorry, 'elf) and safety' ban: Carol Singing because of fire, noise etc

PC (Muslims) Brigade ban: Santa, Misseltoe, Mass, Cakes,

Then into the new year we can finally get back to normality with "Now Immigrants Want to Rape Your Kittens".

So this has been misreported? The Rugby Club clearly DID want to hod a proper bonfire according to this extract:


Organisers at Ilfracombe Rugby Club in Devon say they were put off having a real fire by the ''mountain'' of paperwork and regulations set by council chiefs.

Officials at the authority said that to have a real fire they would require five qualified fire marshals and metal barricades to keep people at a safe distance.

The non-fire night will also involve giant heaters, lighting and a smoke machine to give the crowd the taste of a real bonfire night.

Sounds of crackling wood will also be broadcast on loudspeakers and £2,500 fireworks will be fired into the air.

Around 2,000 people are expected to turn up to wave sparklers and munch hot dogs in front of the UK's only virtual bonfire.

''Certain regulations make it difficult for us to have a real bonfire. It is not really a financially viable option," said Club captain Leo Cooper, 25.

''So we tried to come up with an original, imaginative and fun way to fill the void left by the bonfire.

''The bonfire is often the focal point so we decided to have a big screen that would do the same job.

''I think it was a brilliant idea. The health and safety stuff was a real pain. The idea of the virtual bonfire was to give our event an edge.''

That's my point. They cherrypick pieces out of conversations (just like I have above to make a point) in order to put forward their own agenda, ie to enrage their readers. They don't mention the bit about keeping the pitch in good in good order for future matches or the fact the story is 3 years old, or that they didn't apply to the council for a bonfire.

Take a look at this dung.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205437/Backwards-step-royal-defence-centuries-old-tradition-goes-fashion.html

What Regulations are they talking about here?
The Walking Backwards in Front of the Queen Regulations?

This article is so bad that about halfway down the page the quote from the Buckingham Palace spokesman totally contradicts everything above it.


This one from today contains so many mistakes they are hard to count.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1225789/From-safe-mother-world-record-holding-base-jumping-daredevil-How-Heather-Swan-overcame-natural-inhibitions-leaping-mountains.html

Sloppy journalism.

Watch out for those Carol Singers in a couple of weeks. I'll take a mad guess that either Sainsburys or Tescos "Ban" them.