It's Not Just the Lovely Accent

Sometimes I wish I were a Brit. They do the darnedest things.  Could it be that they're really more advanced than us? Could it be that universal health care creates a different perception of bad habits that are funded by the state?

Junk food to be banned in schools

Ruth Kelly and Tony Blair attended a school breakfast club in Brighton Foods high in fat, salt or sugar are to be banned from meals and vending machines in English schools. The ban, from next September, has been announced by Education Secretary Ruth Kelly at the Labour Party conference. Vending machines in schools will not be allowed to sell chocolates, crisps or fizzy drinks, Ms Kelly announced.

This is a Parliament debate I would love to see on PBS.

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This concerns me, Beth. What will high school cafeterias be with without mystery meat? It's a staple. This was my favorite bit in the whole story:

"For example, meat products that are made from reconstituted meat slurry that bears no resemblance to the original product."

Food that actually resembles food in cafeterias ... what a novel idea!