I can’t believe all this fuss over doormats. Get a grip everyone – have you nothing better to do with your time?

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Thank God I own my own house,(in Stourbridge, but how DARE your local coucil even DREAM of bringing in such STUPID policies..

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jeffb: We mostly have a carpet-sample type mat. May I suggest you have little experience of evacuation procedures in all properties and perhaps watch too many films (possibly based in Tettenhall at the Olympic Torch “they never go out”).

There have been fires, very rare in high-rise blocks and they’ve been dealt with quickly and efficiently. None caused or exacerbated by doormats. No doormats have impeded evacuation.

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The main problem is the low rise flats where people sit on the landings and smoke, some communal areas have had weight lifting equipment, mopeds, tables, chairs and fridge-freezers blocking access.

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THIS IS HEALTH AND SAFETY GONE MAD. THERE ARE TOO MANY MEDDLING DO GOODERS. WHO EVER IMPLIMENTED THIS STUPID SCHEME SHOULD BE HORSE WHIPPED

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