Toughen up on 'incompetent' electricians, say MPs

[Huge]

[Andy Burns]

"the Corby scheme for gas-fitters"

So they get the name wrong of an organisation that ceased to be relevant nearly 5 years ago?

[Huge]

Journalists, innit?

[Brian Gaff]

Most are only found after an accident or when a room is redecorated. Bit late then. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Yes and now they need to toughen up on rogue gas engineers as well. What about rogue plumbers etc.

Brian

[Robin]

I'd rather read the follow-up "Toughen up on 'incompetent' MPs, say electricians" from eg all the electrical engineers who found themselves barred from fitting a new socket in their kitchens by Part P.

[Tricky Dicky]

This will probably result in more restrictions on DIYers, coupled with prob ably even higher charges from your local BC. My local BC already charges £200 for any planning and inspection no matter what the size of the job t hat needs part P. I am all for H&S but not restrictive practices, it's like stepping back to the medeivel guilds.

Richard

[Tim Watts]

Or moving to France...

[Andy Burns]

Or Germany

[Tim Watts]

I did not know they looked like that! Like something out of a Pied Piper play!

[Robin]

Mine charges 612 - same price for anything from a single socket to rewiring a 3-bed house. If I were freer these days I'd at the very least make the c***s jump though some hoops trying to justify that.

[Nightjar]

Germany has a number of traditional uniforms for different trades. This picture shows two journeymen - a bricklayer in the light trousers and waistcoat and a carpenter all in black.

Colin Bignell

[Nightjar]

Or, at least it would had I included the link:

Colin Bignell

[spuorgelgoog]

I have a German plumber and he doesn't look anything like that.

Owain

[The Medway Handyman]

Saw an article in The Sun last week, something about a teacher in a sex scandal;

"Former schoolboy Fred Bloggs....."

[Cursitor Doom]

I just wish all MPs would just top themselves and do us all a favour. Their sole aim in life seems to be to just make life increasingly difficult for everybody and charging us for the privilege. Bastards. Parasites. Scumbags.

[js.b1]

To quote... The committee recommended that, within five years, no-one should be allowed to carry out the electrical work covered by building regulations without an NVQ Level III or equivalent qualification and "a significant period of supervised on-the-job training".

I suggest the UK rename itself USSR... the only thing it need do is change the name and stick a statue of Lenin up every MPs arse (and duck house).

[Tim Watts]

And who is this self appointed committee of fuckwits anyway? And what's driving this? They have all the sparks on the books so it's not HMRC.

No-one's relative has got killed due to electrical hazards recently.

So what?

[Fredxxx]

I think it demonstrates the power of lobbying by interested parties.

[Tim Watts]

I think I am getting really pissed off with this country.

This one certainly demands I write to my MP, using roughly the same arguments as someone here posted regarding the Part P bollocks. Ironically they have just made Part P LESS onerous - so I really don't know who's arse this latest crapfest has dropped out of.

Og - they are trying to drop our local firestation at Battle to retained status (it's the nearest one to me by a long way - that's another thing that needs fighting.

And I'm still in the middle of causing some head slapping over East Sussex CC's lack of ability to fix roads (that cost me 2 broken springs and now a dead tyre).

Christ - one piece of uselessness/stupidity at a time!