Is the state really this enamoured with itself?

This is what the new government emergency booklet (pdf) says about our children in the context of an emergency (eg terrorist attack):

Schools - If your children are at school you will naturally want to collect them as soon as possible in the event of a major emergency. But it may not be safe to do so. Please TUNE IN to your local radio station for advice and for details of the arrangements your local council has made for letting parents know when to collect their children from school.

I don't give a flying spook WHAT the local council thinks I should do in such a situation and the government thinking that I might even entertain such advice reveals, even further, how they think of themselves.

Posted by John at July 26, 2004 04:07 PM | TrackBack