Bah Humbug! Actually the Health & Safety Executive website “Myth of the Month” feature quite rightly lampoons the Daily Hate et al for pretending that companies are “banned” from putting up Crimbo decorations in office because of “Health & Safety”.

Some firms are too lazy or "Scrooge" like to pay for decorations and will just any old excuse to get out of it.

They point out that decorations are actually put up in HSE buildings without any fuss or bother. All they expect employers to do is sensible practical things such as provide a “suitable step ladder to put up decorations rather than expecting staff to balance on wheelie chairs”.

Makes sense to me.

The Guardian's excellent Parliamentary scketchwriter Simon Hoggart has a new series on great political myths on Radio 4's Westminister Hour.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/the_westminster_hour/6234940.stm

In the first part he shows that President Bush did not say 'yo Blair' at the G8 in Russia but in fact said 'yeah Blair'.  He also demolishes some myth's about Dennis Healy and Jim Callaghan.  Well worth a listen!