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Tom Watson.

bulkbiker said:
get the Houses of Parliament restaurants to go low carb.... what a thought!
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Good idea - nice dream. Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whitengstall are obviously active in lobbying Parliament, if only they could go that one step further and include carbs. Not so much a ban but a warning on the effects of consuming too many. It's only my opinion but I'm sure some people tolerate more carbs than others, my wife included, but I'm one who has probably never tolerated the "Eatwell Plate" recommendation of 1/3 of my calories in the form of carbs. That's what I was advised to eat by my GP, so about 800 cals or about 200gms carb. Interestingly as soon as I cut the obvious carbs, I cut just over 700 cals, therefore nearly 200 gms carb.
 
DavidGrahamJones said:
Good idea - nice dream. Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whitengstall are obviously active in lobbying Parliament, if only they could go that one step further and include carbs. Not so much a ban but a warning on the effects of consuming too many. It's only my opinion but I'm sure some people tolerate more carbs than others, my wife included, but I'm one who has probably never tolerated the "Eatwell Plate" recommendation of 1/3 of my calories in the form of carbs. That's what I was advised to eat by my GP, so about 800 cals or about 200gms carb. Interestingly as soon as I cut the obvious carbs, I cut just over 700 cals, therefore nearly 200 gms carb.
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That might put a hole in the "Jamie's Italian" business plan.
 
Mr_Pot said:
That might put a hole in the "Jamie's Italian" business plan.
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I always smile when I see them both saying their piece about how awful the obesity situation and look at some of their recipes. Something of a dichotomy I believe. They also have some very good recipes.
 
Crocodile said:
DAA is the accrediting body but they cannot force membership nor deny suitably qualified people a license to practice. Sure, like any other union, they can make life hard. It isn't really much different from my own professional association, Engineers Australia, which is the accrediting provider. They cannot force me to be a member. They cannot stop me from practicing. The only thing they can do is make things hard by attempting to prosecute for misconduct. This they have to prove in court. I agree it's not good but all of these unions are the same. We don't call the Royal College of Surgeons the "CFMEU with stethoscopes" for nothing.
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The DAA is NOT a union.
 
Safi said:
The DAA is NOT a union.
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Sorry but I disagree with that statement. They may not call themselves one or indeed be insulted by the inference. Nevertheless, all of their actions have much in common with any union. They use their collective clout to squeeze the market. They use coercive influence to recruit and retain members. They lobby on behalf of their members. They promote strategies in order to garner a share of excess economic rents. You're kidding yourself if you believe otherwise based on some pedantry that the 'U' word does not appear in their title. The same can be extended to all the pharmaceutical guilds, medical practitioner and dental associations and the legal fraternity's Bar association. Even my own professional engineer's association has all the attributes of a union.
 
I'm not kidding myself & I'm not particularly interested in derailing a thread. But I believe that by & large unions have improved the lives of working people while I see no benefit from the existence of the DAA. The DAA is not a union. I'm out.
 
I'm sorry but I do not see what the Dublin Airport Authority, has to do with the argument of this thread

I'm off.

To Dublin in the sun in the sun.
 
JohnEGreen said:
I'm sorry but I do not see what the Dublin Airport Authority, has to do with the argument of this thread

I'm off.

To Dublin in the sun in the sun.
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At least nobody at the airport is trying to convince me that the giant toblerones & duty free booze they flog are good for me :)
 
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