Twats of the day (2)

Didn't have to hunt for long; they were all on page 2 of The Metro.

1. Hillary Benn MP has launched several new quangos to waste our money on combatting a non-existent threat. The accompanying picture in the paper was of said Benn standing next to a 'wormery'. As we well know from reading Tim W, wormeries emit considerably more greehouse gases than landfill. To the extent that you care about greenhouse gases in the first place, of course.

2. Under the headline 'Pig farmers face extiction' (not found online) some minister, (from a government who are doing their level best to kill off demand for their produce, for example by launching the rumour that pork sausages and bacon cause cancer), whines that supermarkets should pay a 'fairer share' of the price to the farmers - in this context, that means paying more.

The article goes on to say that "The Competition Commission is looking at claims that supermarkets are selling sausages for less than the costs of production."; so if pork is being sold at a loss overall, a 'fairer share' for farmers either means they accept even lower prices, or that the price to the customer is forcibly increased. Which is hardly likely to happen in the face of falling demand, is it? And so on.

3. And finally, The Higher Education Policy Institute* "... suggested that raising the £3,000 cap on fees could hit students from the poorest backgrounds." Looky-here. Students are supposed to be the brightest and best, yes? Is it not reasonable to expect them to be able to guesstimate the difference between their potential lifetime earnings with and without a degree and compare that with the cost of studying for three years?

* Yet another quango, obviously.