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  I see Cameron wants to fix the health and safety madness that has blighted the UK for years. HOORAY! As someone who is a victim of this utter insanity on a regular basis I am very pleased and I hope he tackles this with a ballsy realism and doesn't just give it lip service. H&S has been the biggest thorn in my side except the recession and I remain utterly convinced that it is all a huge rip-off designed to earn certain people a lot of money while the rest of us are left feeling paranoid, incapable of taking personal responsibility, and thoroughly insulted by the asses that enforce these dumb rules.
  
  Example - I had to do an expensive training course (approx £400) just to use a step ladder at a certain site. A step ladder. Despite the fact that I have been up and down step ladders for 21 years with a 100% accident-free record.
  
  If I could be bothered I could write a whole list of things like this. Sadly, in my work, I come up against this rubbish all the time and it does nothing but generate unwanted paperwork, expense, and frustration. Please PM, let common sense rule the day. Relax the H&S culture back to something sensible that works to look after us all but not to the point where kids playing conkers have to wear safety goggles, or teachers refuse to take kids on outings, or tradesmen can walk up a ladder with a hammer in his hand without looking over his shoulder every five minutes.
  
  I'll be watching this closely.

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