Jamie might have said he wants to put himself above party politics but New Labour made sure they got their mileage out of him today.

Just look at the photo - fresh fruit and orange juice to the fore. And their big announcement just happened to coincide with Oliver delivering his petition, did it?

New Labour: Treating the British public like dickheads since 1994.

For those who are regarding today’s announcement as if it were the second coming, here’s some quick maths:

The £220 million that is going straight to schools and LEAs is to be spread over three years (maybe the criticism about pensioner Council Tax relief only being for a year has bitten), so that’s:

£220,000,000 / 3 = £73,333,333

There are around 21,000 state schools in Britain, so lets see, on average, how much each school will get for each of the three years:

£73,333,333 / 21,000 = £3,492 per school per year

Not much, is it?

Now, I realise some schools are already spending 50p or more per head and so some schools will receive less than others. But it’s still going to be paltry amounts whichever way you slice it. This money is supposed to source better produce and train people to cook it.

If this bought your vote today, you’re an idiot.

Posted on March 30th, 2005 at 7:00 pm

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