The news hasn't been to stupid the past few days :(

Let's start with a recent decision by a British government body.
This body has made a recommendation that all major businesses should have at least 25% of its board compromise of women. But they stopped short or making it mandatory or pushing to pass it into law.
This is political correctness gone mad. You can't force a company to hire a particular ratio of women or of any race. Doing so will actually lead to MORE bias when choosing who to hire.
Look at its this way, your choosing who to hire, you have two people to choose from, the first a man, more than fully qualified with 10 years experience with an excellent reference. The second a woman, just about qualified, no experience, no reference. Who would you rather hire? Clearly the man but wait you need to hire a woman or your business isn't going to be within your set quota. This could mean that the employer could be forced to actually hire the less suitable candidate!! Where is the sense in that?

The nanny state that is Britain has struck again.
This week another busy body governing body told us what we can and cannot do. Apparently we can no longer eat more than the equivalent of 70g of red meat per day, equivalent to three rashers of bacon or two sausages. As it increases our risk of getting bowel cancer. (Just like almost everything else these days) Apparently 'Experts say thousands of bowel cancer deaths could be prevented every year if people kept to the new limits.'
But another 'body' advises that eating less than 70g of red meat per day will result in a low intake of iron below the amount needed if it isn't then replaced from another source, leading to iron deficiency.
This means we have to eat exactly 70g's per day.
When asked, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) could not give exact answers and was pulling out excuses left right and center. They say that people who eat less red meat are less likely to get bowel cancer. But a separate scientific report from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, found that vegetarians in fact displayed a higher risk of getting bowel cancer. When these findings where put to WCRF they said, vegetarians may consume fewer dairy products "our report found that milk probably reduces risk of bowel cancer"

In my experience vegetarians tend to watch what they eat a lot more and make sure they get the right nutrients.
The government needs to let us do what we want without telling us what to do left right and center and when to do it. Ill eat what I want when I want thanks.

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