to think the public wouldnt accept these restrictions for this reason.

[MercyBooth]

No fire pits.................banned.
Barbecues............banned.

Bonfires and fireworks banned.

To decrease pressure on the fire service (there have been cuts there too. Boris Johnson shut ten fire stations) until all the flammable cladding has been removed and replaced or this situation has been remedied in some other way.

We are talking how Freedom Day could cause even more Covid cases.

But cladding could cause more fires.

Would you accept these restrictions?

yeah i would

Well if the fire fighters were all busy takling forest/Bush fires for example then banning bbq's and fire pits etc would probably be a reasonable step. So yeah then I would

Is this whataboutery supposed to make any sense whatsoever?
You could argue that this government (and its predecessors) have cut services and funding to a million things.

I do think barbecues should be banned though because I don't like eating my tea standing up off a paper plate.

I would too but i suspect many on here wouldnt Despite the fact that some of the cladding problem involves hospitals and schools.

I could live without those things easily...I'm fact, I think fire pits are the stupidest idea ever anyway

Not making much sense to me.

The things you mentioned are not even in the top 10 causes of fires.

Electrical fires and cooking appliances are up at the top.

But then I'm not really understanding the equivalency here. Perhaps you did mean to pick items which don't really impact the fire service.

I don't do any of those things any way.

Yes I would. Don’t do those things anyway tbh.

Fair enough. I was just trying something.

But cladding could cause more fires.

Technically cladding doesn’t cause fires. It makes them worse. Aren’t a large proportion of household fires started by faulty electrical equipment? Grenfell was. So not sure it makes sense to focus on things that are actually outside of the building. (I’m presuming people don’t have fire bits on apartment balconies).

Yes I would.

I think lockdown is more comparable to banning cookers, washing machines, fridges, central heating, stoves and perhaps electricity than just banning fire pits in terms of impact.

As pp said. Cladding doesn't cause fires. It's make the situation alot worse.

But yes, of banning everything on your list was something we could do so cladding g got sorted.

Yes, I would be happy with that. As long as there's some sense to it.

I think fireworks should be banned anyway; it's a ridiculous risk where some poor kids get burned every year, all for the benefit of making a bunch of dogs, cats and babies distressed.

As for the rest, yes if the fire service were under intense strain then we would accept restrictions of course. Banning firms with poor safety records of white goods catching fire and therefore setting fire to buildings would be good too (hi Beko!).

@MercyBooth

Fair enough. I was just trying something.

You were trying to be goady?

Of course I would.

Would be absolutely delighted if fireworks were banned, nothing good about them.

Personally I'd happily manage without the other two on your list too as I don't use/have them. Can you ban my neighbours burning rubbish in their gardens while you are at it too please? They tend to do it on lovely sunny days when everyone has windows open and washing out, for maximum selfishness.

Yes of course I would.

I agree, fireworks should be banned anyway.

I would - I live in Australia and fire pits, bbqs and fireworks are regularly banned in summer on high fire risk days/weeks to reduce the risk of bushfires. You can’t buy fireworks here anyway; they’re illegal except for at professionally run displays (some people do get them illegally, of course).

@SonnetForSpring

Not making much sense to me.

Me neither! Somewhat strangulated metaphor presumably.