Fat Isn't Funny

A crypto-public organisation going by the ominously non-Conservative acronym NICE has issued draft guidelines instructing doctors to treat obese patients with respect and not to blame them for being overweight. It is unlikely that Jeremy C Hunt's Ministry for NewsCorp and Profitable Healthcare will have many objections to this; over a quarter of the population is obese and, as with many other human imperfections, the Conservative Party blames people for being overweight only when they are also poor. Less likely to find favour among the puddle-deep minds of the Bullingdon Club and its environs is the claim that "quick fixes do not work", and that people who lose weight should change their behaviour for the long term. Twizzler Lansley's chums in the junk-food industry helped him to save the NHS from the ravages of overpaid nurses and insufficient red tape. Where will they be if the proles start paying attention to their diet?