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Off yew go, yew poisonous so-and-so

Off yew¹⁾ go, yew poisonous so-and-so

A year ago Bristol-council
planted 100 yew1) trees on
the Blaise Castle estate in
the city. This week they cut
them all down. A ‘risk
assessment’ had decided
that there was a danger that
children might eat them.
I found this odd. I have
several yew trees in my
garden, and two young
children, and I now realise
it is miraculous that the

Child killer in action

latter have not been hideously damaged by eating the
former. It might have something to do with the fact (a)
that children do not feel the urge to eat trees, whatever
the health and safety fascists might think and (b) even
if they did, one of the jobs of the parent is to advise
them of the unsuitability of doing so. Yet it is an abiding
principle of the health and safety industry that the worst
must be assumed at all times – which is why, not long
ago, another council axed its chestnut trees in case the
conkers rained down, possibly fatally, on heads passing
underneath. I think the time has come to lock children
up 24 hours a day, and only let them out over the age
of 18 in appropriate protective clothing.
J. Edgar
Bristol