Obesity in the Netherlands has doubled in the last 20 years or so and Paul van der Velpen blames much of that on sugar.
Back in the 1960’s Colonel Sanders of fried chicken fame allegedly tried to breed chickens with three legs for his restaurants.
The Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson comes across as pretty credible when making speeches, but he can be let down by his friends. Last month he made a major speech in Parliament to overcome public scepticism and persuade the EU to allow cultivation of Genetically-Modified crops.
The revelation that up to 29% of the meat in economy beefburgers is horsemeat was great news for everyone who likes a good joke.
Starbucks paid only a paltry £8.5 million in corporation tax on £3 billion of sales over 14 years.
Amazon, despite employing 15,000 people and enjoying estimated sales of £3.9 billion in the UK last year it paid just £1.9 million in tax.
Great news! The double dip recession has ended! The Office for National Statistics has announced the UK economy grew by just over one half of one percent in the last quarter – largely due to a Scallop War in the English Channel.
So what did you think of the London Olympics? What a hoot – Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony was amazing.
Staying out of the Eurozone was the best decision the last government was ever forced to take.