Chips with nothing
Given today's announcement that the consumption of kiwi fruit has been made a part of the national curriculum, now might be the time to champion Burning Our Money's campaign against the British Potato Council.
You might think that this body was created by Armando Iannucci for an episode of The Thick of It, but it really exists. It is a £6 million a year quango, established by the Potato Industry Development Council Order of 1997 (although at the time I missed the Council's creation in all the excitement).
While one part of the Government is trying to reduce chip consumption, the British Potato Council organises National Chip Week.
I have not made any of this up.
It's beyond parody!
Posted by: Martin Hoscik | 4 Sep 2006 23:51:30
I was going to suggest the Apple and Pear Research Council also needs abolishing - but it turns out that it been absorbed into the Horticultural Development Council.
Posted by: Alex Singleton | 5 Sep 2006 07:07:45
Maybe the British Potato Council is chipping in to help the British economy.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | 5 Sep 2006 15:51:18