Scotland adopt an English diet or die!

[imperialman]

The United Kingdom is an Imperialist establishment that calls itself a "commonwealth", It is run by the English.

And don't pretend that British Imperialism ended in 1980 with Independence in Zimbabwe, English Imperialists still control the Falkland Islands and it has been shown that they will ruthlessly fight to keep it. They also control many other outposts all over the world.

I appreciate that you're joking, but you'd be surprised by the amount of people who'd believe a statement like that.

People often forget that the people on the Falklands are mostly of Scottish and Welsh descent and that the majority of British territories around the world have no outside claim to them or previous inhabitants. The Falklands are something I'm quite interested in with regards to their history. A lot of people often confuse the terms 'English' and 'British' too but they tend not to have too much idea about the history of the UK.

 

[warpus]

I think you guys mean the Islas Malvinas

 

[imperialman]

I think you guys mean the Islas Malvinas

 

[CELTICEMPIRE]

I appreciate that you're joking, but you'd be surprised by the amount of people who'd believe a statement like that.

People often forget that the people on the Falklands are mostly of Scottish and Welsh descent and that the majority of British territories around the world have no outside claim to them or previous inhabitants. The Falklands are something I'm quite interested in with regards to their history. A lot of people often confuse the terms 'English' and 'British' too but they tend not to have too much idea about the history of the UK.

yeah, I was joking, I like the UK, England, Scotland, Wales, in fact I used to live in Wales.

 

[Syterion]

I don't see why they don't have the right to tax unhealthy foods. As a nation with universal healthcare they should attempt to keep the populace healthy and spend less on preventable disease.

 

[aronnax]

English people eat fruits and vegetables?

 

[_random_]

Everything I've read about the Scottish diet sounds amazing. Don't take this image of greatness away from me, UK.

 

[Arwon]

Did they control for socioeconomic factors? Scotland, being a little poorer than England, would be expected to have slightly worse dietary habits.

Oh well, food in the UK is generally awful anyway.

 

[civ_king]

English food tastes terrible.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Scotland forever!!


Link to video.


Link to video.

 

[Skwink]

This, Scots and Northern Irish, is why you guys aren't independent still. It's like you're trying to become more English.

 

[Traitorfish]

"England has most of the money" would have been a more to-the-point way of putting it.

 

[NovaKart]

I strongly disagree with taxing unhealthy food higher. I don't want the government trying to control what I eat. I'm not from the UK but I mean if this happens in America.

 

[imperialman]

This, Scots and Northern Irish, is why you guys aren't independent still. It's like you're trying to become more English.

This of course assumes most would wish to be independent of the rest of the UK and that it would be a useful course of action.

 

[Quackers]

You can have a healthy diet on a low income.

 

[stormerne]

The deep fried Mars bars is a rare beast, only slightly short of a myth. Chippies don't like to fry them in case there's a hole in the batter, whereupon the chocolate leaks and contaminates their whole batch of oil. You won't find many places doing them in Scotland.

What IS widespread in Scotland is the DEEP FRIED PIZZA. Yes you read it right. Take something already fairly greasy and then make all the non-greasy parts of it absorb half a ton of oil. You can get them in every village, town and city. Now that must a contribution to Scotland "health".

But in reality, it's not the food that's the problem so much as the miserable weather and the grinding poverty.

 

[bhsup]

I don't see why they don't have the right to tax unhealthy foods. As a nation with universal healthcare they should attempt to keep the populace healthy and spend less on preventable disease.

Then they're certainly taxing sports and other risky behavior, right? Skydiving, soccer (lordy those riots look downright dangerous), skiing, etc?

 

[Arwon]

Yes, actually. To use sports facilities you generally are required to be a member of some club or organisation which is, in turn, required to have some sort of insurance.

Also, the actual cost of sports and recreation injuries to a public health system are so miniscule compared to costs of lifestyle diseases (and would be likely offset by the obvious health gains from such activities) that, in terms of population health policy, the comparison is actually very spurious.

On topic: I've had deep fried Mars Bars in Australia.

 

[Zelig]

Then they're certainly taxing sports and other risky behavior, right? Skydiving, soccer (lordy those riots look downright dangerous), skiing, etc?

Or, you know, just mandate private insurance coverage for people participating in those events.

 

[Takhisis]

An English diet? So eating English will finally be relegallised.