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Fat lot of good this will do...
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Normal service has resumed to the country. Yes, sadly, Tony Blair returned to the UK yesterday to carry on forever more making the lives of the British people a total misery. He took power back from The Man with No Job, John Prescott and Minister for Terror John Reid, who seems to have spent most of the last two weeks with some creepy, ghost-like figure known as Douglas Alexander.
In the meantime, the Government carried out its latest headline-grabbing move this week. John Prescott brought joy and happiness to the nation by appointing a "Minister for Fitness". Did he really have nothing more important to do? So, who has the Government appointed as the Aerobics Instructor of the nation? Who is now the PE teacher for Great Britain PLC? Er... it's Caroline Flint. (click here) She who only ever seems to get mentioned because a lot of blokes think she's rather cute. (click here)
*prepares to get a bollocking from Sophia for last remark*
If this is the best the government can do, it's no wonder 13million in England will be obese. (click here) Over to you...
In the meantime, the Government carried out its latest headline-grabbing move this week. John Prescott brought joy and happiness to the nation by appointing a "Minister for Fitness". Did he really have nothing more important to do? So, who has the Government appointed as the Aerobics Instructor of the nation? Who is now the PE teacher for Great Britain PLC? Er... it's Caroline Flint. (click here) She who only ever seems to get mentioned because a lot of blokes think she's rather cute. (click here)
*prepares to get a bollocking from Sophia for last remark*
If this is the best the government can do, it's no wonder 13million in England will be obese. (click here) Over to you...
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Hmmm quickly following in the steps of the US as far as health and fitness goes I see. I find it amazing that people and governments do not see this as a MAJOR health risk that needs adressing.
Death be to McDonalds!
Instead of moaning about men commenting on your looks, why don't you start commenting on how THEY look? John Prescott could certainly do with a beauty tip or two, couldn't he?
Right, let's get back on topic. What role do you reckon the Government can play in dealing with the worsening obesity problem?
High calorie ready meals stuffed with fat, salt and chemicals are worse than McDonalds given that a lot more people eat them regularly and plenty of people live on them...Tbh even if every McDonalds, KFC and Burger King was shutdown obesity would not decline; it would probably continue to rise. Banning junk food ads or criticising fast food is not going to improve anything (except perhaps the reputation of politicians who can claim they are doing something to cut obesity when all they're really doing is making a lazy and half-hearted gesture).
This is an education thing. Food and finance aren't really covered much in school, that loan sharks like this charging 177% interest are in business shows that. And with food the point is shown by people claiming they cannot afford to eat healthily. (A sack of potatoes and a bag of carrots which will last for a while won't cost any more than a bag of oven chips and a ready meal). And ready meals for what they are aren't cheap at all. Basic stuff like how to cook and simple money stuff should be covered more in schools. But more than anything people need to take responsibility for themselves, or in the case of obese children their lazy parents learn how to cook.
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people say they are pissed off with government nterfering ...then blame them for everything thats wrong in the world ...if your fat it's your own fucking problem ...not mine and not the governments ...some people want the government to wipe their arses for them.
unfortunately the so called war on terror makes a lot of people believe they need the protective blanket of the faceless bastards who are responsible for scaring you shitless in thye first place.
i don't want a government telling which bar i can smoke in ...or even what i'm smoking thankyou.
Yes, but see, apparently it costs less if we put half the things the NHS can do better and cheaper out to private firms, and hire Agency in at 3 times the salary when we don't have enough Nurses.
Aghencies are such thieving cunts... fucking put money into encouraging people to work for the NHS... or ban the Agency having ludicrously high wages... I don't blame anyone for going Agency... blame the system that makes it the best thing to do. Are you going to take a job that pays more or less? Simple logic, really.
And as for the private cleaners they have in some hospitals now... well... and the food... it's still appaling, private or not.
Agencies have a place, yes... but why take so much money? It's peoples lives that need saving here, not some menial matter. Hell, half the agency staff don't know which way is up.
Why do think ANY things are the government`s business ?
Exactly. I'm sick and tired of people trying to find some bogeyman or scapegoat for fat people. The vast majority are just fat, lazy guzzlers who need to get off their arses. I'm a bit over weight and i know exactly why. I eat a bit too much, i eat too many snacks and i don't get enough exercise. The cause of me being over weight (apart from a bit of lipodistrophy) is me.