Nanny Bans Sitting

My commiserations to Eric Carter (a 91 year old ex Spitfire pilot) who ran afoul of Nanny's health and safety rules the other day.

Mr carter was visiting the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Worcestershire, to view a Spitfire that was on show. Still being able bodied he asked if he could sit in it.

Sadly he was denied reliving an old memory.

For why?

The Museum deemed that it was health and safety risk for him to sit in it.

For why?

It seems that, for reasons best known to the museum/council et al, the interior had been painted with paint containing radium!


Errmm..if the paint poses such a health hazard, why did they use it in the first place (at some stage someone will have to enter the cockpit, even if it is just to maintain the interior)?


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Booze Matters - Politician Heal Thyself!

I am less than gemused to read that Nanny and our political "elite" are once more having a go at us about our drinking habits.

The House of Commons science and technology committee has got its knickers in a twist over our boozing habits, and wants us to take a couple of days off booze a week.

Fair enough, simply supplement the booze free days with another narcotic!

Additionally, the committee doesn't like the fact that studies have shown there to be a health benefit from drinking; as with any study that Nanny disagrees with, she looks for ways to ignore/discredit it.

Quote:

"The committee found a lack of expert consensus over the health benefits of alcohol and is therefore sceptical about using the purported health benefits of alcohol as a basis for daily guidelines for the adult population, particularly as it is clear that any protective effects would only apply to men over 40 years and post-menopausal women, yet the guidelines apply to all adults."

Andrew Miller, chairman of the committee, said:

"It is vital that they are up to date and that people know how to use them. Unfortunately, public understanding of how to use the guidelines and what an alcohol unit looks like is poor, although improving.

While we urge the UK health departments to re-evaluate the guidelines more thoroughly, the evidence we received suggests that the guidelines should not be increased and that people should be advised to take at least two drink-free days a week."

Well here's the thing folks, our political "elite" are the last people on the planet who should be telling us how much we should eat, drink, smoke or snort.

Their snouts are in the taxpayer subsidised trough on a daily basis:

"The House of Commons catering subsidy has risen to £5.8M, and is equivalent to £8,978 per MP per annum. For every £10 an MP spent on lunch, we contributed £7.60. The year before, we contributed £6.90.

The taxpayer booze subsidy for MPs is 44%.

Where, in the real world, can you buy the following at the price that our political "elite" pay?

A glass of malt whisky, Cointreau liqueur or Grand Marnier costs £2.55. Glasses of 2009 Sauvignon Blanc or 2010 Merlot are £2.35.

Incidentally, MPs can pay for their meals and booze on interest free credit. Try going into your local pub and doing the same!

Hypocritical bastards or what? "

Therefore when an MP suggest that we take a couple of days off from drinking, treat that request with the contempt that it deserves. Politicians should practice what they preach, and heal themselves first.

They should also pay market rates for the booze, food and fags that they consume at our expense!


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Prats of The Week - The Scottish Government

Tis the New Year, and therefore time for the first of this year's Prats of The Week Awards.

This week it goes to the Scottish Government.

For why?

For their remarkable largess, in the face of biting austerity, towards a couple of Pandas (Tian Tian and Yang Guang) on loan from China.

The Scottish Government spent £43K on a “welcome party” for the Edinburgh Zoo pandas, previously the Scottish Government had promised that all money would “come from commercial sponsorship and other revenue sources”.

Now don't get me wrong, I love a good party and a good panda as much as the next man. I also appreciate that the pandas will draw in revenue to the city.

However, given that this is a time of austerity and given that the money to be earned from the tourists visiting the pandas will benefit in main the private sector, maybe the private sector should have stumped up all the cash for the welcome party?

The Scottish government, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Hypocritical Bastards - Booze and Supermeals

Whilst Nanny continues to lecture us about our drinking and eating habits, and threatens to place a minimum price on alcohol, may I draw your attention to the following?

The House of Commons catering subsidy has risen to £5.8M, and is equivalent to £8,978 per MP per annum. For every £10 an MP spent on lunch, we contributed £7.60. The year before, we contributed £6.90.

The taxpayer booze subsidy for MPs is 44%.

Where, in the real world, can you buy the following at the price that our political "elite" pay?

A glass of malt whisky, Cointreau liqueur or Grand Marnier costs £2.55. Glasses of 2009 Sauvignon Blanc or 2010 Merlot are £2.35.


Incidentally, MPs can pay for their meals and booze on interest free credit. Try going into your local pub and doing the same!

Hypocritical bastards or what?

The Big Society??

ROFLOL!!!

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Booze Matters - Cameron Speaks

Along with her attempts to change our eating habits, Nanny has not forgotten her longstanding hatred of alcohol.

When I say "hatred of alcohol", I of course don't mean the "refined" sipping of fine wines and designer lagers in cafes and restaurants, but the consumption of "cheaper" types of alcohol offered at a discount by supermarkets (those same supermarkets who are being subsidised by Nanny in her "Supermeals" initiative) and off licences.

Using the Christmas break to relax a little, and contemplate his vision of society over a glass or two of champagne, David Cameron has let it be known that he is unhappy with the current pricing structure in the booze industry.

Cameron has ordered officials to develop a scheme in England to stop the sale of alcohol at below 40p to 50p a unit.


A Whitehall source recently told the media:

"The Prime Minister has decided that when it comes to alcohol, something pretty radical now has to be done and he is keen on the minimum price. 

It is complicated how this can be delivered, particularly under European law, but it is clear that the voluntary approach has not worked."

So there you go folks, "voluntary" (ie free market principles) is not in the lexicon of thinking of our political "elite".

Does minimum pricing actually reduce alcohol abuse?

As with all of Nanny's schemes, there is no scientific data that actually stands muster to back up her claims.

I lived and worked in the Nordic region (1996-2000), where alcohol prices were kept artificially high by the state (illegal under EU rules by the way) and where the state had a monopoly on the high street sale of alcohol (also illegal under EU rules).

The result of this nonsense was that people would do their utmost to find cheap booze (eg smuggled from Denmark, or home brewed), and the level of public drunkenness was the same as I have seen in the UK. The difference being that many people would bring their booze in secret into a pub, and sit in the toilet to drink it.

Nice!

All in all this idea won't work, and is in fact illegal under EU rules.

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Supermeals

As we ease ourselves into the New Year of 2012, wherein our political "elite" are using the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee to take our minds off the shite that we are in, it is "comforting" to see that some New Year traditions never end.

I refer of course to the media bombardment about diets and detox treatments that we are subjected to during January. Nanny, never one to miss an opportunity to lecture us, has joined the bandwagon by offering 4 million recipe cards to people who apparently are unable to decide for themselves what to eat or how to cook.

The campaign is called...wait for it....."Supermeals"!

Nanny's Department of Health has got its knickers in a twist over the fact that some people choose to eat a sandwich for their evening meal, instead of something that Nanny refers to as a "balanced" meal.

As such, in addition to the 4 million recipe cards, Nanny has teamed up with some supermarkets who have agreed to offer discounts on some fruit, veg and yogurts.

In other words, the taxpayer is now subsidising the advertising budget of certain supermarkets who would have offered these discounts anyway but would normally have had to pay for an advertising campaign to highlight them.

Public Health Minister Anne Milton (who??) trilled:

''The New Year is a good time to think about losing weight. The Supermeals campaign will give us all some great ideas for balanced meals on a budget.''

Not everyone needs or wants to lose wait for fark's sake!

It beggars belief as to how the human race decided on its menus and cooked for itself before Nanny came along!

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