Andrew Lansley is working for the food industry.

Just a week after announcing the ending of Jamie Oliver's successful healthy school meals system Tory Health Minister Andrew Lansley is getting rid of the food standards agency, a regulatory body that was fighting very hard to make the health impact of food much easier for the consumer to understand.

So more fat people, which would be an increased burden on the NHS but happily the Tories are trying to get rid of that too.

Capitalism eases suffering of UK poor

Given that life in poverty is so unpleasant it is heartening to know that inequality causes the poorest to live 10 years less than the rich. It is heartening to know they don't have to suffer for as long.

To be fair apparently recently things were getting mildly better for the poor but like as not with the swinging Tory cuts expected to hit the poor hardest the gap between rich and poor life expectancy will likely start increasing again.

Still given the narrowing of the gap was due to belated NHS action I shudder to think what the life expectancy gap between rich and poor in the US is.

Health watchdog gets uppity, reccomends healthy things.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the UK, these deaths are preventable and predominantly affect poorer people and costs the British economy about £1bn a year that could easily be saved. So NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) recommended a range of easily achieved measures to reduce the negative health impact processed foods have. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/22/convenience-food-changes-saves-lives.

Of course our newly minted Conservative government believes that NICE has overstepped its' remit and that individuals needs to look out for their own health. So what if a whole bunch of poors die? Personal responsibility bitch. In happier news the current health minister will probably be able to retire onto the board of a snack food company when the time comes.