IMAGINE a world where you were banned from baking your granny a cake or feeding your child toast. Welcome to Britain in the 21st Century where the Job’s Worth now lords it large, issuing edicts of mind-boggling stupidity that ruin the quality of people’s lives all in the name of Health and Safety.T

This is a world where council workmen legally vandalise the graves of people’s loved ones and where wellington boots come with a 24-page instruction manual. Even circus performers must now wear hardhats and snow-covered mountains must carry safety warnings.

There is virtually no area of our lives left untouched by the Health & Safety Executive, an organisation that has banned even more commonplace activities than the Taliban.

Now journalist and broadcaster Alan Pearce has assembled in one book some of the most astounding bureaucratic rules and regulations that beggar belief.

“Playing it Safe” is published by The Friday Project

safety@alanpearce.com

For excepts from the book, please see the on-line Blog

(c) ALAN PEARCE 2007