UK PM Gordon Brown gave us all a ticking off as he set off for the G8 meeting in Japan, saying we shouldn’t chuck away so much food.
This is all fine and good but Brown is about to be tucking into Kobe beef with a whale topping, prepared by Michelin-starred chefs at God knows what cost to the world’s carbon footprint.
And when did GB last go to the supermarket?
You can imagine the briefings in No 10. Brown’s saying, “how will this play with the Daily Mail?” Chief apparatchik Stephen Carter says, “not very well, you don’t shop Gordon.” Brown says, “but we’ve we’ve just commissioned a Cabinet Office report (what the fuck do they know about shopping?) saying the Brits chuck away £8 of food as week.”
Carter says, “I wouldn’t do it Prime Minister.” So Brown does it anyway.
Which means that every hack on earth will be watching Brown’s food consumption in Japan like a hawk.
What’s wrong with this guy?