Losing the plot

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Seen in "The Week" and "New Statesman":
A town council has banned a pensioner from his allotment. Eastwood Council has told Arthur Martin they had a "duty of care" to protect him and gave him three weeks to vacate his plot. "If this guy's hip pops out again, as it has in the past, what would people say?" said council leader David Bagshaw.