I’m not a particularly politcally minded sort of person but it strikes me that the country is having one or two issues financially at the moment and that the government needs to claw some tax money in. So here it is:  Tax fast food and processed food. People who live on these foods as a staple diet should pay more towards the NHS and it is the excess weight that these foods create that increases weight in cars and airplanes, hence increasing the amount of fuel needed and, ultimately, emissions (in all forms!).

We all know that bad diet is responsible for so many ailments, and many of them contribute towards the ever increasing disability benefits that are paid out to people who have effectively made themselves ill by ‘troughing’ on rubbish food, drink and fags. Why oh why are hardworking, health conscious people expected to keep footing this bill? We need fuel (petrol and diesel) in our daily lives for industry & recreation etc., but none of us need to eat 10,000 surplus calories a week, unless of course an active job or lifestyle demands it.

So let’s not be stealthy about this tax, let’s petition the government to tax people who are too lazy to cook properly and exercise. Let’s not call it a ‘fat tax’, that was just another stupid idea to tax successful people more to help pay for the lazy (and, in effect, pushed all the money offshore – duh!). Let’s create a stigma about being unhealthy and let’s not be politically correct about it for once. Let’s call it the ‘Bone idle and unheathly’ tax. Perhaps with a proper anti-social message, we’ll see less obesity in children too.

Rant over.