Since the British nanny state changed the school menu two years ago to only include "nutritious" food, more than 400,000 students have stopped eating school provided lunches. The kids have resorted to buying their own lunches on their way to school, usually buying worse junk food than was served previously in the cafeteria. The opposition party seeks to make some political hay:
"We've seen a huge decline, particularly in the secondary schools. It is in those schools where people can vote with their feet," said David Laws, the party's education spokesman. "I think it's a classic case of a government trying to intervene for all the best reasons, and ending up actually making the situation worse."
Nanny state officials vow to work harder, citing poor marketing among the reasons for the bland food exodus. "It's just about perseverance. You have to totally reeducate the children's palate," said one school chef. I don't know about you, but I feel a bit uncomfortable with terming school cafeterias as "reeducation" centers.
Oh, yes.
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