Pasty Madness Options

[sanitynotincluded]

Is it just me, or does anyone else object to being treated as a moron by the BBC?

I have no objection to considering the extension of VAT to hot pasties, sausage rolls et c. on its merits, indeed I am more than a little sympathetic to the criticism, but the BBC are trotting out this ridiculous notion ( except for Engelbert's pile of shit you hear little else on radio two) that it is somehow too difficult for shops to decide whether they have sold a hot or a cold devonian pasty.

We managed to establish that Jaffa Cakes are non vatable without the world coming to an end, so why should it be any harder for a shop to determine whether it has heated said iitem since it was baked or taken measures to keep it hot if baked on site. Do the beeb think that we're stupid enough to fall for it? (are we indeed stupid enough to fall for it?) or are they just desperate?

[Dark_ph0enix]

Just put a 10% levy on all unhealthy food. Seems like the easiest solution. Especially in a country where the average waist size is nearly 38"

Great idea mr. nanny-state! food is so damn cheap right now and getting cheaper and we totally aren't paying enough tax. /sarc

Actually food is "so damn cheap right now" I eat more than three meals per day, not including the 1L of soup I make, for less than £1.40 per day. A bag of chips and a pastie from my local fish 'n' chip shop costs around £3.00

Of course I make my own meals, using healthy foods / raw ingredients, which is perhaps why, despite noticing the fact that food costs have indeed gone up, I can still quite comfortably buy enough food to feed myself for a week, for the cost of a couple of take aways.