On 24/06/2012 16:29, ARWadsworth wrote:

Liams death is IMHO a reason for using socket covers. Using correctly
fitting covers would be even better.

Hang on! Aren't you just speculating that Liam would not simply have
removed a socket cover, had there been one there, and inserted the mains
plug - that with the bare wire ends at the other end of the cable - into
exactly the same socket?

Liam was clearly capable of inserted a plug into a wall socket and it
has been clearly demonstrated that children below that age are easily
capable of removing a socket cover.

Alongside a fair number of quotes of the word "statistics" in this
thread there seems to be a lot speculation from the parties taking both
sides of the argument, and perhaps some disservice is being done to
statisticians.

Michael