Tory policy makers are again in total disarray. Again we see the spin machines at work, trying to play with the 'Nudge' but getting it badly wrong.

As we wrote earlier this month, they cannot make up their mind over the big brother databases, with policies and statements that clearly counter each other (the only thing that is clear is that the Tories wont be getting rid of them), and then today there is this.

It strikes me that the Tory commission that came up with this report (a group chaired by the head of food company Unilever) have fallen for the supermarket and food manufacturers line that food labelling is bad. (Tories have previously said they would oppose a traffic light scheme for food labelling)


Graphic ConservativeHome

So no food traffic light labelling under the Tories, but an expectation that people should eat more sensibly.

How exactly will the Tories get people to eat more sensibly if traffic light labelling is not in place ? How do you get people to take responsibility when the government removes one of the very things that will make them more responsible ?

Also note that this food industry driven policy includes 'a voluntary food industry code that would see a reduction in portion sizes'. That is simply code for hidden food price increases. Less for more.

Confused ? I guess that's what happens when you let the food industry dictate your policies.

Whatever next from the Tories ? The head of BAE to come up with defence policy, the head of Vodafone to come up with a policy on phone masts ?

Same old Tories. Funded by big business, dictated to by big business and in the pocket of big business.

Corporatist policy making in action.

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