CAMERON MILK SNATCHER

[Jordy]

Thought this was pretty amusing to be honest, Tories getting into power and cutting the milk already. Even today people still carry on about "Thatcher, Thatcher, Milk Snatcher" when she took a similar move after coming into government. As for my opinion on it, if there's no real health benefits then it may as well be cut, will make a sizeable saving too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10904958

The government is considering cutting a UK-wide scheme offering free milk to under-five-year-olds in nursery or daycare, the BBC has learned. UK health minister Anne Milton set out the proposals in a letter to Scottish public health minister Shona Robison.

She said there was no evidence the scheme improved health and it was too expensive to run.

Instead, the government was considering increasing the value of Healthy Start vouchers for the poorest families.

[Dean]

"She said there was no evidence the scheme improved health and it was too expensive to run."

I thought Milk was nutritious? The Government try and get teenagers and kids to be more healthy but end up cutting milk for under-five-year-olds?

I support Labour so I don't agree with cutting milk.

[Jordy]

No doubt Milk does have nutrients in it but they're saying it doesn't improve you're health in the long term and therefore isn't cost effective, not that milk isn't healthy.

It's not going ahead anyway;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10904958

[Catzsy]

Well I guess they might as well as they have cut 700 school refurbishment schemes so they can get used to being
deprived and having to study in delapidated buildings from an early age!

[-:Undertaker:-]

"She said there was no evidence the scheme improved health and it was too expensive to run."

I thought Milk was nutritious? The Government try and get teenagers and kids to be more healthy but end up cutting milk for under-five-year-olds?

I support Labour so I don't agree with cutting milk.

You don't agree with cutting milk because you support Labour? in other words, you don't actually have a problem with milk being cut but do because its the blue party and not the red party cutting the milk. Talk about tribalism.

Well I guess they might as well as they have cut 700 school refurbishment schemes so they can get used to being
deprived and having to study in delapidated buildings from an early age!

Well we have Labour to thank for that!

In regards to this thread though which is some government-food related history i'll bring in because some might find it interesting. Most people don't realise but back in 1945 and afterwards, this country was still on rations when most of Europe and the world was back to normal food production/exchange - at the same time Prime Minister Atlee was giving away millions to Germany (in aid and part of the Marshall Plan) afterwards which was ironic in a way, because Germany then overtook Great Britain in a number of fields and Britains decline wasn't reversed until the 1980s.

[Nixt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10904958

Not happening!

[Alkaz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10904958

Not happening!

And so it shouldn't. I used to love my milk

[Jordy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10904958

Not happening!

already been posted

[Nixt]

already been posted

Oh yeah my bad

[MrPinkPanther]

YIn regards to this thread though which is some government-food related history i'll bring in because some might find it interesting. Most people don't realise but back in 1945 and afterwards, this country was still on rations when most of Europe and the world was back to normal food production/exchange - at the same time Prime Minister Atlee was giving away millions to Germany (in aid and part of the Marshall Plan) afterwards which was ironic in a way, because Germany then overtook Great Britain in a number of fields and Britains decline wasn't reversed until the 1980s.

Germany overtook Britain not because of the relatively small amount of aid that we gave to them but because of the European Economic Community, which gave significant growth to all of the 6 founding states, and the decline of British empire. Britain's decline had little to do with the amount of aid we were giving to Germany. In fact you've said "as part of the Marshall Plan" which isn't true at all. The Marshall Plan was an American based scheme (which we didn't contribute to) to give money to the whole of Europe, not just Germany, in order to stop the spread of Communism. We actually received vast amounts of money from the Marshall Plan, not the other way around.