tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post6836031573010990761..comments2024-03-05T17:55:58.806+00:00Comments on Nanny Knows Best: Nanny Bans PoniesKen Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13568488818950912374noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-52409743261417177242007-04-25T22:45:00.000+01:002007-04-25T22:45:00.000+01:005 Million seems to be the going number - saves hav...5 Million seems to be the going number - saves having to consider each case on its merit I suppose and means the insurance companies have efectively established a cartel of sorts at the behest of someone else.<BR/><BR/>Also it means they can somply pay up without worrying to much about the amount since they will have grabbed the premiums and incurred little cost to assess the risk.<BR/><BR/>Nice 'business' if you can get it.<BR/><BR/>I have a business liability policy for part of my activity that has £2 million risk cover and insures some equipment against loss (a few grand's worth.) I fully expect that cover to increase this year to require the standard £5 million. In fact I suspect that some of the places that I may wish to make use of the equipment commercially will themselves insist on £5million cover - and they are not all councils.<BR/><BR/>Apparently the 'compensation culture' is to blame.<BR/><BR/>The culture supported and promoted by Nanny and her minions, if I am not mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-62142742643075024582007-04-24T20:13:00.000+01:002007-04-24T20:13:00.000+01:00"Tell me, why would the council be sued in this ca..."Tell me, why would the council be sued in this case and not the owner of the donkey instead? Is not the council assuming too many responsibilities here?"<BR/><BR/>Because councils really do believe that they own everything and everyone in the area they cover and are responsible for everything that happens therein. I know, I worked for one (Croydon actually, sorry about that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-65868275188575108402007-04-24T18:48:00.000+01:002007-04-24T18:48:00.000+01:00The price always seems to be five million,it is ju...The price always seems to be five million,it is just to put it beyond reach of the ordinary individual,it is the same case as when a nationalist party wishes to use trafalgar square for a demonstration,again five million, and yet the looney left and the foreigners who want to kill us, can use it for freeENGLISHMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169065365049917275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-45666782246953213502007-04-24T17:19:00.000+01:002007-04-24T17:19:00.000+01:00Why don't they just leave the collection buckets a...Why don't they just leave the collection buckets at home and take the donkeys out anyway. I can't see them being able to stop that otherwise every horse rider or farmer would be in trouble when they venture out onto the highway. Not to mention the hundreds of donks that roam the New Forest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-5768025635591191082007-04-24T16:38:00.000+01:002007-04-24T16:38:00.000+01:00I can only assume that this government has now leg...I can only assume that this government has now legislated against every single human action and is now moving on to animals and robots. Seriously - robots - http://www.pickinglosers.co.uk/blog/jgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8377446.post-33843070563521474112007-04-24T09:31:00.000+01:002007-04-24T09:31:00.000+01:00I have no idea how the political campaigns of coun...I have no idea how the political campaigns of council representatives in England are funded, but when I read something like this, I immediately suspect "collusion" between the council representatives and the insurers. <BR/><BR/>This just goes to show you how paranoid, i.e. skeptical, i.e. realistic I've become. I blame modern life for this and would like to know whom I may sue for this "maiming" of my formerly cheerful and trusting disposition.<BR/><BR/>Oh and by the way, banning ponies and donkeys from Horsham or anywhere else is 100% bollocks! I suggest that Sussex Horse Rescue sue the District Council on the grounds that this prohibition forbidding ponies and donkeys from "mix[ing] with human beings on the street" is grossly speciest and violates the letter and spirit of EU legislation on this matter. <BR/><BR/>I bet the District Council grovels and backs down.Black Seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347464061061628147noreply@blogger.com