Well, having seen just how much Jamie Olivers apparent influence has had i.e. it seems to have given the government the kick up the arse that they apparently needed.

But, one or two of the comments he made during the programme or during the current coverage he's generated have "struck a chord".

Ok, so it was the fucking tories (as I understand it) that removed the mandatory nutrional requirements, and then with their waves of public spending cuts, put the school meals services out to commercial tender. Enabling their friends who own the successful commercial entities to take over school kitchens. Which were then turned into "cook/chill dogshit factories".

Sure there'll always be political stuff about public spending, but when are these fucking government idiots gonna realise that there's somethings that just can't be put onto commercial footings, and will always be "loss leaders"? Schools, social services, public health, prisons, etc to name but a few! Sure, that shouldn't stop the controlling authorities keeping a hand on the purse strings and yes, I'm quite happy to concede that it's not as easy as it sounds but, nothing really is, is it?

So, with that in mind, lets take the example of those aforementioned "cook/chill dogshit factories". The comment that struck a chord, was "behaviour improved", over the time that the Oliver stuff was going on in the school in Greenwich that his programme was filmed in.

What does that tell you? Maybe that something in (or not, as the case may be) the food is affecting the young peoples behaviour?

Whats the difference between the fresh fruit and vegetables, and the fast food that was originally served?

Fat, Salt, Sugar, Fibre ? or was it something more insidious ? Like shit loads of "E numbers" ?

All that the "E number" means is that it's been tested, and found safe for consumption in Europe. So, what does "safe" really mean? is it that it won't cause short term health concerns i.e. illness/disease etc? or is it that these chemicals (often stuff that's only included to make stuff last longer, or in otherwords reduce the cost and increase the profit margins of the manufacturer, right the way down to the retailer) have been thoroughly checked to make sure that they don't actually affect the very levels of natural bodily chemicals that affect things like behaviour ?

Or maybe these additive type things aren't actually covered by the "e numbering system"? but by other regs. Like chicken for example. "They" are allowed to put a certain amount of water in "fresh" chicken. Why? other than to make it weigh more so that "they" make a bigger profit! If the flour producers put fucking chalk into flour to make it go further, they'd be hung out to dry by the fucking courts! (much like they were in historical terms). So why are the fucking meat bastards allowed to effectively do the same thing? Or the bacon manufacturers for that matter?

Sure, those are just two of the more well known examples. But there appear to be many many more, like the recent "Sudan 1" scandal. Because when you industrialise food processing, it changes, not necessary for the worse, but it changes. The marketing scum then try and sell it to you, with nice shiney photographs, adverts and other dubious claims of how wonderful it is, and they are!

Bollocks. Fucking liars, the lot of 'em.

The obvious thing to do, is to take ALL school kitchens back out of the control of commercial "enterprise", put them back into "state" control. Provide MANDATORY nutritional standards, not only for fat, salt and sugar, but for fibre and vitamins, oh and then take any fucking vending machines out of schools and crush these fucking hazards with a large bulldozer!

Then, ban all producers, wholesalers, retailers from selling any "doctored" shit. A few judicial punishments for exploiting us with crap etc etc.

But it ain't gonna happen is it! God forbid, that the government upset's "business"! Even though it's in their power too. Because that'd cause to much of an inconvenience. Short term tax revenue losses, profits, etc etc etc. Increased cost's in the shorter term while these businesses have to change their practices and so on!

In other words, basic public health can go and fuck itself if it's gonna cause any "rocking of the financial boat"!

Oh, and no, parents don't get off lightly either! If you want kids, then be prepared to make the sacrifices. Get of your fat, fucking couch potatoe arses, turn the fucking telly off, and spend just a little more time and effort to produce normal, basic food for your offspring. Don't just follow the rat run, that is todays supermarket isles for the easiest things to shove down your kids throats, think about it a little, it's not hard!

So it's taken a TV chef, Jamie Oliver, to highlight the poor standards of "food" being fed to the nations kids for "school dinners".
Well done, Jamie Oliver.

If you then think what the possible answer is to this? Well, I like to think that I have a "middling" view of most things (albeit with emotional outbursts), and the only answer, well 2 really, are for the government to set minimum nutritional standards, and get rid of profit making companies from "school dining halls".

Trouble with that, is that those who'd make such decisions, can afford to send their kids to schools who are almost capable of providing a fucking 3 star (Michelin) menu for their school dinners! (and that's not to be critical of the Michelin Guide, because it does point us toward some absolutely outstanding restraunts).

Officialdom seems obsessed with offering choice. Well, from an alledgely "common sense" view, that's exactly what kids DON'T NEED! They need education. Which, if necessary, needs to include learning about healthy eating, not where the nearest Mickey D's is, so they can get their daily portion of crispy crunchy chicken factory floor sweepings (what part of the body supplies it's "nuggets" anyway?). Liberally coated with carcinogenic chemical sauce? Yum Yum, just what growing kids need in their daily diet!

Local Authorities don't need to make a profit. So where there's commercial provision in school dining halls, fuck em off, then whatever proportion of the daily dinner money charge that goes straight to their banks and shareholders, could just as easily be put toward the cost of the ingredients - It's not fucking rocket science is it!

The same applies to parents. Don't just go round the supermarket for more packets of the latest convenience processed dog shit, and no you don't have to be fucking "cordon bleu" cooks either. It doesn't take that much longer to make basic, nutritionally sound meals - Oh yes, I forget, god forbid that you miss that latest episode of Corrie or Xtenders. Life wouldn't be worth living, would it - you bunch of TV addicted fucking tubs of lard!