You'd better leave my clotted cream fudge alone, jerk-off.

Dr Geof Rayner, the former chairman of the UK Public Health
Association (UKPHA), said that a national ban on television commercials
that promote junk food, such as burgers and fizzy drinks, would be
ineffective because of widespread and growing access to satellite TV.
His comments came after the Commons health select committee today
recommended a voluntary ban on TV commercials promoting unhealthy food
in a damning report on Britain's obesity epidemic.
He said: "In order to impose any limit on the amount of junk food
advertisements for children we must tackle it at the European level. In
Sweden they have a ban on marketing to children but a lot comes in
through satellite TV, so the food industry can usurp the national ban."
Dr Rayner, who sits on the UKPHA council, also called on the government
to address European Union (EU) subsidies for unhealthy foods. He said
that 48% of the European commission's budget went on subsidies to the
food industry, but this funding took no account of how healthy the food
produced was. "The EU shouldn't be subsidising fats and sugars.
Subsidies need to go towards those parts of the industry which are
producing healthy foods. The UK government could take the lead there
and conduct a health impact assessment on the European common
agricultural policy."

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