A government minister has written to magazine editors asking them not to promote post-Christmas "miracle" diets because they pose a "health risk".
Equalities minister Jo Swinson wrote an open letter asking magazines to "shed the fad diets and fitness myths" in their January editions.
She suggested they "celebrate the beauty of diversity in body shape, skin colour, size and age" instead.This, from a minister in one of the most guilt-ladelling, obesity-obsessed administrations in history. Perhaps she would be better served sending a letter to each and every one of the 650 MPs in parliament telling them to go easy on their fatty-bashing language, no?
Add into this that unless she sent the letter about a month ago, magazines will almost certainly already have their articles lined up and ready to hit the shops the moment 2013 kicks in. You're too late, Jo.
Besides, I haven't seen anyone stating the bleeding obvious on this story yet. What right does she think she has to attempt to place herself between what people write and what the public would like to read? It's a sad reminder of the level of arrogant over-reach now endemic in political circles.
In other news, still no end in sight for the country's trillion pound debt.
4 comments:
Happy New Year! Hugs! Nice post.
A great quote for the coming new year. Let’s start thinking more of others and
less of ourselves. Nice post.
Here is my exchange with nanny Jo.
27 Dec@joswinson Can you nannies make up your mind whether obesity is good or bad. thecommentator.com/article/1806/m…
@joswinson@DaveAtherton20 obesity is bad, but crash diets and making people hate themselves is no solution
Dear Mr Puddlecote
"She suggested they "celebrate the beauty of diversity in
body shape, skin colour, size and age" instead."
Are we to infer from this that Miss Swinson thinks diet affects skin colour?
Or is this mere mission creep? Equalities minister on health ...
Next week: defence minister on fabrics.
"It's a sad reminder of the level of arrogant over-reach now
endemic in political circles."
It's also a sad reminder that they all have sweet FA to do anyway, and will
have even less to do in future.
I dare say one day they'll roll up to Westminster and find
all those nice policemen with guns are all pointing them at them.
DP
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