{"id":7365,"date":"2018-05-10T12:47:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T10:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7365"},"modified":"2018-05-10T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T11:03:01","slug":"posh-priests-prohibiting-products-producing-proletarian-porkiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/7365\/","title":{"rendered":"Prodnose Priests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last October <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/5651\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A couple of years back I realised that middle-class snobbery is what drives so much social and political campaigning these days. Probably the best example is the campaign to reduce sugar in people\u2019s diets \u2013 for their own good, of course. It is always fizzy drinks and sugary snacks that get cited, never fancy desserts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Who is trending on Twitter this week, leading the charge in campaigning for the government to introduce new laws aimed at restricting certain foodstuffs in the name of tackling obesity?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you agree with me that the government should be responding to these questions about the obesity crisis, then please sign this letter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jf6ZVvMQpe\">https:\/\/t.co\/jf6ZVvMQpe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritainsFatFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritainsFatFight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (@HughFW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughFW\/status\/994320868368113666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tate &amp; Lyle sponsoring Tory Party Conference?! We&#8217;re in the middle of an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/obesity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#obesity<\/a> crisis, you couldn&#8217;t make it up! ???? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritainsFatFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritainsFatFight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (@HughFW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughFW\/status\/994309349957931013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure the lower classes, who are forever blamed for putting a burden on the NHS with their delinquent lifestyles, are delighted to have former Etonian and Oxford graduate Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall telling them how to live. Naturally, multi-millionaire Jamie Oliver is four-square behind him:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamieoliver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JamieOliver<\/a>, the very first person to sign my letter to government about obesity! ? You can too &#8211;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jf6ZVvMQpe\">https:\/\/t.co\/jf6ZVvMQpe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BritainsFatFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BritainsFatFight<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WLW39bXeBY\">pic.twitter.com\/WLW39bXeBY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (@HughFW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HughFW\/status\/994319591395483648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Albeit looking rather porky himself. Maybe he should do a little less meddling in other people&#8217;s lives and hit the gym? And speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/av\/health-43960360\/jamie-oliver-i-don-t-ban-junk-food-at-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Oliver<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mr Oliver told BBC Breakfast that he does not ban junk food in his home, but that it is only eaten by his children as a &#8220;treat&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah, so he&#8217;s free to feed his own fucking brats whatever shit they demand, but the choices of <em>other<\/em> parents ought to be reigned in by the government.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said this before, these dickheads would be a lot better off going to church. There they can do all the moral posturing they like, and receive assurances of their virtue from someone who is paid to deliver them. People are fond of saying that religion has declined in Britain, but I disagree: all it&#8217;s done is take other forms. The prodnosery, meddling, hand-wringing, and moral sneering at those considered less virtuous is alive and well, it&#8217;s just the clothes worn by the high priests are different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last October I said: A couple of years back I realised that middle-class snobbery is what drives so much social and political campaigning these days. Probably the best example is the campaign to reduce sugar in people\u2019s diets \u2013 for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/7365\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85,111,101,42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7365"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7365"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7368,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7365\/revisions\/7368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}