 is yet another thumping headache for the next government to deal with. Schools, hospitals etc were built from it in the 1960s onwards by people who knew they would be well out of range when the reckoning came 50 years later. I have to consider if this useless bunch in power today is wilfully building an omnishambles of monstrous size for the next useless bunch that takes the strings of power. I've been watching The Thick Of It and am now convinced it is a documentary or a prophecy of the future uselessness of governments. What sane person would want the job of PM? Rod Beardsell Nantwich, Cheshire SIR – We heard last week that 120,000 of our citizens had died while on waiting lists for hospital treatment. It seems we will now increase the length of those waiting lists as hospital utilisation is further restricted because concrete beams in their construction may fracture and cause deaths. Thus we will be avoiding the possibility of headline-generating deaths of people allowed to use hospitals for the certainty of more, but less dramatic, deaths of people not allowed to use hospitals. Dr Kevin M O'Sullivan Plymouth, Devon SIR – If it is true that the problem with aerated concrete was known about in 2018, what better time was there to rectify the problem than a pandemic when schools were closed? Mark Davies FRCS Old Chalford, Oxfordshire SIR – Why is central government being blamed for the lack of proper maintenance of buildings by local educational authorities, local government run by Labour, Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, and the incompetent NHS? The reality is that it has taken the Conservative Government to close buildings that should have had regular surveys and maintenance to prevent the problem. Blame and hold them to account rather than the Government that has had to act to save lives. David Brinkman Poole, Dorset SIR – The furore about RAAC parallels that surrounding high alumina cement (HAC) concrete, a){kind=link}
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SIR – Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is yet another thumping headache for the next government to deal with. Schools, hospitals etc were built from it in the 1960s onwards by people who knew they would be well out of range when the reckoning came 50 years later.
I have to consider if this useless bunch in power today is wilfully building an omnishambles of monstrous size for the next useless bunch that takes the strings of power.
I’ve been watching The Thick Of It and am now convinced it is a documentary or a prophecy of the future uselessness of governments. What sane person would want the job of PM?
Rod BeardsellNantwich, Cheshire