Government

Every weekday morning, I attempt to come out of my semi-comatose state buy popping the TV on and listening to BBC Breakfast. Not much really stuns me nowadays - the government and its associated quangos make daft decisions all the time, and I sit there thinking about what I would do if I were running the show.

I was flabbergasted at a recent decision concerning eggs...

The British Egg Industry Council celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Lion Mark (showing that hens have been immunised against salmonella) so they wanted to do something special. What I hear you ask? Recycle the old "Go to work on an Egg" adverts.

Oh dear - it all went down the pan pretty quickly - one of the government quangos have gone up in arms over this as the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) has banned them citing that "they fail to promote a varied and balanced diet".

Well - what a load of tosh I say - I urge you to sign the Egg industry's petition to get this fantastic piece of Television history back on our screens!!!

I was listening to Radio 4's PM programme with Eddie Mair yesterday, and I was amused by a story which was attempting to decipher the new five levels of threat from Terrorism that the Government will be publishing.

The problem seems that the Government has decided to issue the five levels of threat, but no explanation as to what they mean. So if today is a "Severe" day, and tomorrow was a "Critical" day, what should I do differenty? Perhaps I should avoid public transport, or even leaving the house? The problem is that the spokesman that was on the show couldn't actually define the five levels and the public's expected associated behaviour.

Useful or pointless? We'll see.