MP causes residents of town major embarrasment on BBC TV.

[Simster]

And that is YOUR choice. My objection to "meat-free" Monday is that it removes choice and attempts to instill a lifestyle that is a choice not compulsory. I couldn't give a monkeys arse if it's a Tory, Labour or Green idea. By all means encourage the lifestyle but forcing it on people is wrong. Thankfully I neither work for the council nor in any of the council functions such as schools that are affected but if I did then I would probably make sure I took a bacon sandwich in for breakfast, a big fat dripping burger for lunch and meat based snacks every Monday.

Personally I'd rather the council spent its stretched resources and time on running the city than coming up with and implementing wacky ideas.

But that is ALL they are doing. If you feel strongly about meat, buy it outside or bring some in from home. It's just that for ONE day, it won't be on the council menu. That is not FORCING it on anyone. I'm fairly sure they don't offer cigarettes in the canteen either - does that mean they are FORCING you not to smoke?

 

[cunning fergus]

Smoking is not a good example, smoking harms other people's health unlike eating meat, the fact that smoking has been banned in pubs is to accommodate the wishes of people who don't smoke. Of course it could be argued that it will now encourage people to go into pubs to have a drink and become alcoholics, well to HB&B and his ilk anyway.

Well, it was not the example I would have used myself, however it would appear from this thread that there are a lot of people that advocate a meat free day because of the health reasons.

Not in the same league as smoking maybe but still on the premises.

For me any restriction on any freedom (whether to smoke or eat meat) is just more steps on the road to totalitarianism. I dont need any f*cker to educate me...........least of all politicans of whatever hue.

The sooner that lot are chucked in the oven the better.

Hasta la victoria siempere.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

It really would help if you paid attention to the rest of the thread before coming up with something like that.

So was it not the council that implemented the idea then

 

[Bold Seagull]

Personally I'd rather the council spent its stretched resources and time on running the city than coming up with and implementing wacky ideas.

Is not having meat on the menu on a Monday really that wacky!? It almost certainly saves them some money...

 

[hart's shirt]

I don't know anything about Meat-Free Monday, HB&B or politics, but I've just eaten 4 Kit-Kats in a row.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I don't know anything about Meat-Free Monday, HB&B or politics, but I've just eaten 4 Kit-Kats in a row.

2 or 4 fingers?

 

[bhaexpress]

Well, it was not the example I would have used myself, however it would appear from this thread that there are a lot of people that advocate a meat free day because of the health reasons.

Not in the same league as smoking maybe but still on the premises.

For me any restriction on any freedom (whether to smoke or eat meat) is just more steps on the road to totalitarianism. I dont need any f*cker to educate me...........least of all politicans of whatever hue.

The sooner that lot are chucked in the oven the better.

Hasta la victoria siempere.

Nobody is being forced not to eat meat, they're just not being encouraged to. Hardly 1984 is it ?

 

[The Large One]

So was it not the council that implemented the idea then

Yes, the then Tory-led council implemented it in some schools.

But they didn't 'come up with a wacky idea'. Someone else came up with a reasonably good idea.

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

This meat free Monday has got me thinking, it's just modern day politicians re-hashing an idea a great majority of the British public have been a part of, an idea that goes way, way back, they have just changed the day. Wasn't it the norm for most people to eat fish on a Friday a few years back?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Yes, the then Tory-led council implemented it in some schools.

But they didn't 'come up with a wacky idea'. Someone else came up with a reasonably good idea.

So given I didn't specify either a party or which version of the council might I suggest you read my post properly before implying I hadn't read the thread

The measure of whacky is subjective - you don't think this idea is, I do.

 

[The Large One]

So given I didn't specify either a party or which version of the council might I suggest you read my post properly before implying I hadn't read the thread

The measure of whacky is subjective - you don't think this idea is, I do.

What, encouraging - please don't say 'forcing' - people to eat less meat, while costing the council a bit less money?

 

[hart's shirt]

2 or 4 fingers?

4.

From what I've heard, four fingers are always better than two.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The measure of whacky is subjective - you don't think this idea is, I do.

I can imagine how useful you would be in a creative meeting brainstorming some 'wacky' ideas.........ok ok, pass the spliff a second....*inhales*....right, I've got the wackiest of all wacky ideas.... how about no meat option in the canteen on Mondays....what do you think?....it's out there isn't it......

 

[Deleted User X18H]

HB&B on the other hand, is an obese red-faced prick, which is why he laughably waddled home in the 2010 Brighton (town) Marathon in a time of about 16 hours.

Perhaps a few less meat pies and a few more salads would have saved him from that favourite word of his, embarrassment.

Red faced! How dare you. At least I'm not the totally desperate Brighton wannabe you appear to be.

 

[bhaexpress]

This meat free Monday has got me thinking, it's just modern day politicians re-hashing an idea a great majority of the British public have been a part of, an idea that goes way, way back, they have just changed the day. Wasn't it the norm for most people to eat fish on a Friday a few years back?

Catholics yes, not everybody though.

 

[bhaexpress]

Red faced! How dare you. At least I'm not the totally desperate Brighton wannabe you appear to be.

Yes but he doesn't have your gut and has more hair. I don't think he attacks cyclists either.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Yes but he doesn't have your gut and has more hair. I don't think he attacks cyclists either.

I have hardly any gut at all . You Sir are the epitome of a desperate Brighton wannabe.

 

[Deleted User X18H]

I have hardly any gut at all . You Sir are the epitome of a desperate Brighton wannabe.

Why such personal remarks for daring to comment about MY local MP?

 

[Simster]

Red faced! How dare you. At least I'm not the totally desperate Brighton wannabe you appear to be.

What the f*** are you talking about you fat red-faced blue rinse turd?

 

[Bold Seagull]

I have hardly any gut at all . You Sir are the epitome of a desperate Brighton wannabe.

I thought Simster was your epitome of desperate Brighton wannabe?

I've been trying to keep an open mind and not jumping on the hb&b is a twat bandwagon, but you are a bit of a nob aren't you!