I heard that rather nice James O'Brien on LBC talking about the fact that a hospital which had had a very good report from whoever it is that checks up on them gave to each of its staff, as a reward, a voucher to get a free Kitkat in their canteen.
James felt this rather an insulting sort of reward,and probably I agree, but what shocked me more was that the hospital has Kitkats in its canteen at all. I've been boycotting these delicious things for years because they are now made by Nestle. Nestle sends salespeople to Africa to persuade young mothers that their powdered milk is better than what Nature provides. This is wrong on so many counts. 1. Mother's milk is free and these are very poor people. 2. The water supply isn't reliable. 3. It is easy to make the mixture either too strong and give the babies diarrhoea, or too weak and undernourish them. I just cannot understand why Nestle isn't satisfied with the huge profits they already make without trying to drag this particular market into their net.
But the fact that our hospitals are encouraging them is the hardest fact to cope with.
This blog is a plea for common sense in public policy. Our leaders don't seem to have any. They just make daft rules for us to follow. We need to assert our right to use our own good sense instead of ticking boxes which can only say 'yes' or 'no'.
Sunday 3 June 2012
Saturday 2 June 2012
Red Bull
I've just picked up two empty cans of Red Bull discarded in the road outside my fence. On the outside the label claims that drinking it boosts energy, but I don't think it can really do that because the people who drank them didn't even have the strength to carry their empties as far as the next dustbin.
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