[fluff]

Whatever your opinion is of the luverble lisping cockernee barra boy that is Jamie Oliver? you've got to admit he's right proper exposed the durge that kids are eating at school...
if you have, are having or are planning to have kids - I think this is a really worthy thing to get behind - even if you have no kids.

sign the petition...

Fluff

[mike_m]

yeah - I watched that, and I signed the petition, you never know the government actually might see sense.

But I doubt it..

[lyndon]

Signed that bad boy.....

[smallbeer]

how about just shooting the parents? Quicker and would make better tv.

[roto]

There's no way the food could be as bad over there as it is here...

[mike_m]

yup, you guys have McD's and Burger king, Pizza Hut etc. *in* a lot of the schools right?

[roto]

Yeah, and that's not to mention the slop you get if you skip those fast food options and actually eat what the schools prepare. It's been a long time for me since high school, but I'm sure it hasn't gotten much better.

[hawken]

school dinners seem to have gotten much worse since I was at school, but in all honesty I think it's everyones responsiblity, not just the goverments. I'm 26 and most of my peers are now pairents; with all the advertising and convinience foods they seem to be shovelling this tosh nosh at home too! Next campaign: ban the sweetie / readymeals isles in super markets!

[katralla]

but if you ban ready meals I'll starve...

[tomson]

Originally Posted by katralla

but if you ban ready meals I'll starve...

its for the good of the people - consider it a privilege

[pgo]

Originally Posted by hawken

but in all honesty I think it's everyones responsiblity, not just the goverments

Actually, it is the government's responsibility. They run the schools - they make the decisions regarding the food served. The government shouldn't condone eating that crap at school - they should be teaching children healthy eating habits. Of course, it's too much for them to resist getting corporate sponsorship in schools.

It is also the parents'/individual's responsibility to keep themselves healthy and eat well - but at school, people should be educated about what they put in their bodies.

I'd sign it if I were from the UK.

[lyndon]

Originally Posted by hawken

Next campaign: ban the sweetie / readymeals isles in super markets!

Thats probably why im a Tesco fan, they listened to their customers about 5-6 years ago and removed all of the little sweetie holders at the checkouts.

[katralla]

but not in tesco express where they always have sweetie offers on next to the counter!

[lyndon]

Originally Posted by katralla

but not in tesco express where they always have sweetie offers on next to the counter!

Ahh, but Tesco Express was designed for students who live on chocolate and ready meals......

[katralla]

but when youre a student parent it's still annoying to have the sweetie counter battle...

[lyndon]

ask em to remove them!!!

BTW, Did anyone see Ruth Kelly, the Education Minister on the news saying that there will be no more money for school dinners? Was it just me or did she look like a man?

[pat]

I've got a shopping basket and 2 bottles of dry cider from a tesco express in nottingham.