Mr. Whippy vans are the U.K. equivalent of Good Humor ice-cream trucks (you can own a Good Humor truck by making an offer to this eBay seller). On yonder side of the Atlantic, the vans have been playing Greensleeves and selling ice cream to generations of British kids for some 60 years. Now health-lobby bullies have decided that ice-cream is detrimental to children's health — so the vans must be stopped. In an amendment to the Education and Inspection Bill, local authorities will be given new powers to keep ice-cream vans away from schools.
Meanwhile, a similar gaggle of food fascists have warned bar owners in Scotland that they may be forced to stop serving chips and traditional pub meals. Legislators are considering proposals to force pub owners to have policies to promote "sensible eating." Those who don't comply will risk losing their license.
[double tip o' the hat to Ken Frost's Nanny Knows Best blog]
The British government is obsessed with micromanaging its people.
I think it's time they had a revolution. Oh wait, they can't have guns.
Posted by: Matt | Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 05:51 PM
Seig Health!
And there are platoons of the same kind of
know-it-all petty dictators over here in the
USA, just licking their chops....
Posted by: Martin Owens | Friday, May 12, 2006 at 12:20 PM