For doing this skilled, time-consuming, and often dangerous job, the 45-year-old father of one hasn’t earned a penny (like almost all RNLI crew members, he’s an unpaid volunteer). How Britain's heroic lifeboat men are drowning in a sea of demeaning political correctness imposed by countless highly-paid pen pushersMatters culminated before Christmas with the entire St Helier lifeboat crew resigning. Hibbs and his team have relaunched as an independent operation, the Jersey Lifeboat Association, and will soon take delivery of their first vessel. ‘They have been unpleasant and confrontational, and treated us volunteers with contempt.’We’ll explore this ugly business (in which no side seems blameless) later. It has a ‘new national team of health, safety and environment advisers’ winning ‘health and safety’ awards, speaks of creating a ‘diversity leadership group’ among staff and supporting the ‘International Day Against Homophobia.’Posts currently advertised include a ‘safeguarding officer’ earning up to £41,926 — a job that generally involves responsibility for ‘health, safety and wellbeing’.

Source: Daily Mail May 11, 2018 21:39 UTC