Tuesday - February 16, 2010

A SUPER SECRET SCARY PLOT PLANNED IN BRUSSELS ?  PART ONE

About two week ago I ran across an article that said the Belgians have this secret plot to rule Britain.  It was very interesting but at the time I had second thoughts about it. True, I have long held that England has moved their capitol to Brussels. But that was more or less dark humor as there was every evidense that the PM of this country was still loging at number Ten Downing Street.  However, I have honestly believed that no matter where they had the capitol, more and more I was reading and hearing things that looked askew.  I began to think that the Brits were losing their soverignty and it turns out that many of them agree with that position.
I still wondered if the idea of a secret plot against Britain wasn’t a bit OTT.  I don’t really think there’s any secret plot.  I think it’s out in the open for anyone to see who isn’t blind. Or blind drunk. OK so bottom line I decided to ignore the article.  BUT .... but then along came another article in yesterday’s paper.  Nothing to do with secrets and plots.  An outright decision made outside Britain with regard to a major pharmacy chain here called BOOTS.
Pharmacists here btw are called Chemists. So then ...  If you think of the biggest pharmacy chain in the USA, keeping in mind that Britain is an island, Boots can rival any of our biggest. We are not talking about a mom and pop operation here.
So this is the headline I saw.

BOOTS KOWTOWS TO BRUSSELS ON MOTHERS WHO BOTTLE FEED.

Huh?  Well, apparently there’s a move on to encourage moms to breast feed their babies. So what’s that have to do with Boots?  They also sell and promote and give loyalty points on milk for new babies. And there’s the catch right there.
Apparently it is against EU law to “promote” bottle feeding. So out goes the promotion and the savings offered to new mothers. BINGO. Score, EU 1, Brit soverignty ZERO.  (again)

Boots denies mothers loyalty points on baby milk - because of ‘politically correct’ pressure to breast feed

By Jenny Hope
Daily Mail

New mothers are being denied valuable money saving offers on infant milk formula because of ‘politically correct’ pressure to breast feed.

Boots says it cannot award loyalty points on milk for newborns because it is against EU law to ‘promote’ bottle feeding.

The store believes giving a bonus on feed for babies of less than six months might be seen as encouraging the practice.

Campaigners claim many mothers want to breast feed but cannot, leaving them no choice but formula.

Clare Byam-Cook, a midwife and breast feeding counsellor, said Boots was ‘between a rock and a hard place’ and condemned political correctness and red tape for making life harder for new mothers.

The Department of Health recommends exclusive breast feeding for the first six months, in line with international guidelines.

Research shows breast milk can protect babies against stomach bugs, chest infections, asthma eczema, and allergies. Under European legislation, Boots and other stores with loyalty schemes can be penalised by trading standards officers for ‘incentives’ to buy formula milk for babies up to six months. Parents can earn points on powdered milk for older infants.

SOURCE FOR A DASTARDLY DEED?

The Daily Mail in an editorial comment weighed in on the subject with this.

NANNY SUPERSTATE

Boots the Chemist’s craven decision to deny mothers loyalty card points when they buy formula milk is a stark illustration of how completely Brussels directives have insinuated themselves into the fabric of everyday life.

Incredibly, it is now against EU law to ‘promote or induce’ the bottle feeding of babies under six months and Boots are terrified the measly discounts their stores offer through the loyalty card system could earn them a hefty fine.

Of course, few would doubt that breast feeding is good for both mother and baby.

But for a variety of reasons both physical and psychological, not all mothers are able to breastfeed.

Many of them may already feel a sense of failure at having to use formula milk, which will only be made worse if they are treated like pariahs when they go out to buy it.

Could there be a more insensitive example of dystopian EU meddling?

Increasingly we are in the grip not just of a nanny state but of a nanny superstate.
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AND THAT FRIENDS BRINGS ME TO THE DASTERDLY SECRET SUPER PLOT PLANNED IN BRUSSELS.

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