Déjà vu?

A little village in Warwickshire, in common with towns and villages all over the country, holds a parade of veterans to the war memorial on Remembrance Day. Has done every year since the end of WWI.  But this year, the local council have told them that they cannot parade down the street until they have provided -

• an event plan
• a full risk assessment
• emergency contact details
• marshals
• traffic management procedures
• road closure applications
• an evacuation plan, and
• public liability insurance

Does this ring a bell?  Yes we had something similar four years ago - that time it was somewhere in Wales.  I would have hoped we'd moved on since then, but apparently not - if anything things have got worse!