Amidst all the current flurry of Government spending announcements accompanied by frenzied and often near hysterical speculation about their effects ,the junior minister responsible for prison food,- not a cabinet position but who knows what the future holds?-recently decreed that Her Majesty's honoured guests should be offered a choice of at least five main dishes on their lunch menu.
If as the alarmists predict, we are faced with mass redundancies, loss of housing,deteriorating health care, no school places for our children and a general degradation of living conditions, life in prison must move higher up the list of career options. The only problem is that ,as there is to be a squeeze on the number of places inside, it will be a case of first come first serving and served.
As a spinoff can we expect that in view of inevitable increased food wastage behind the walls,the leftovers will be sent to the struggling old folks home down the road?
