Ian Cunningham said:
Oh dear...
I think in many countries that it's a legal responsibility to clear snow outside your house.
I wonder if anyone has actually been sued though, I can't imagine anyone being taken to court unless they cleared all the snow from their house and piled it in to the middle of the road. Then again, their's a first for everything
The modern British attitude to clearing snow is totally appaling. I grew up in an era where nearly everyone except for total loosers cleared snoe from in front of their houses and helped to clear snow from old folks houses and paths too. Shop keepers cleared the snow from in front of their shops as well.
It would take 648 men about ten minutes to draw up a law saying that you would be free from being sued if you cleared snow from your paths. Our bunch of tottal muppet MP's have had thier heads up their arsess for years over this matter.
2005
"Clearing snow from pavements outside your home could make you liable to legal action if somebody slips on ice, the government has said. But if householders leave the snow, the council is liable, Lord Davies of Oldham, for ministers, told Tory Lord Burnham at question time.
Claims against householders were "few and far between," he added.
But Tory Baroness Carnegy of Lour called for a law change, to encourage people to "do their bit"."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3453039.stm
An while we in Britain suffer because we have muppets governing us the Scots take the decent road for their citizens.
2010
"Criminals put to work on clearing icy pavements have met the Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.
He visited the young offenders at a Dunfermline sheltered housing complex, where they have been clearing the pavements since before Christmas.
Mr MacAskill said similar work was being done across Scotland, including Glasgow, Ayrshire and the Highlands.
The minister's meeting comes after the Conservatives called for criminals to be drafted in to help across Scotland.
The Scottish government said this already happened, and claimed the Tories had opposed community sentences.
'Essential service'
Speaking before his visit, Mr MacAskill said: "This is a great example of a council responding quickly during this unprecedented cold spell.
"They immediately put their community service squads to work clearing the pavements around the homes of the elderly before Christmas."
Community service squads are in Glasgow, North and South Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Dumfries and Galloway and the Highlands, clearing pavements around hospitals, schools and the homes of elderly people.
"In Falkirk, offenders have been helping deliver an essential service to the elderly and in Lanarkshire they are helping ensure delivery of aids and adaptation equipment goes ahead," he said."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8445481.stm
Remember stories like this when the election comes around and vote out the muppets who are ruining your lives and the country.
. Some seem to have some nice woodburners onboard that smell really nice when you walk past 
There was a TV programme about houseboats last year, and inside, some of them looked quite luxurious and very well fitted.
