It’s Only Been A Few Weeks Since We Had A Heatwave!

Christmas has come early for some, as workers reportedly started putting up Oxford Street’s famous festive lights on Monday, with ‘scrooges’ saying it’s too soon.

Shoppers were surprised to see the first light being hung 90 days before Christmas, with one pointing out ‘it’s not even October yet!’ With the UK’s heatwave ending just a few weeks ago and energy prices soaring, some felt the installation to be premature.

However, the 5,000 star-shaped lights won’t be switched on until November 2, the company running the favoured attraction has revealed. After that, the stars will illuminate the famous high street every night throughout the Christmas period.

And in a bid to manage their energy consumption amid soaring bills and the UK’s cost of living crisis, they will be on for a shorter period of time than expected each day.

The stars will also be eco-friendlier than usual in another sense, as they are comprised of 300,000 LED lightbulbs which are 75 per cent more efficient than standard bulbs.

According to Secret London, overall, their energy consumption will be cut by two-thirds in comparison to last year.

They’re also made from recycled polymer, meaning they’re 100 per cent recyclable.

Hadas Kulcsar, Campaigns and Events Manager at New West End Company which put on the light display, said they were pleased to be bringing back the Christmas lights to the world-famous Oxford Street this year, with a unique twist to treat those who’ve really made a difference in 2022.

She said that for many, this is the first Christmas without restrictions post-COVID and they want to take the opportunity to help people get back to celebrating the spirit of Christmas together. However, in the present circumstances, it’s also vital that they lower their energy consumption and help to foster a more sustainable Christmas in line with their ambitions to make Oxford Street a leading sustainable district.

She said the decreased hours of the Christmas lights were a great step forward to accomplishing this.

Preparations are underway for the winter season already despite most of England and Wales still being declared to be in drought and several water companies’ hosepipe bans from the summer continuing.

A video posted on TikTok of workers putting up the lights, which was captioned ‘not them putting the lights up in Oxford Street when it’s not even October yet’ has racked up 85,000 views.

In other news, clocks continue to go forward, time does indeed march on, seasons really do change and life is extremely brief. Although it is excessively early. But after having lockdown after lockdown, let’s celebrate instead of whining about it, and even if we can’t afford Christmas at least we can go and see the illuminations.

People have been poor before but we still managed to have candle lights, it was called rationing, and it was tough in the past, but the good news is, when you’re on the floor with your candles, the only way is up, but I don’t suppose many people are in the festive spirit at the moment.

To be fair over the years I’ve become a bit of a Grinch, but not this year, this year is going to be different because everything has been so tragic with all the lockdowns and people being sick and dying. So, this year I’m going to act like a ten-year-old, and I’m truly going to put the greatest effort into feeling some cheer and goodwill towards others, although by January I’ll likely be dragging myself up Everest by my teeth. Once more into the breach my dear friends.

Here Comes The Winter Of Discontent

Defiant union leaders are threatening to plunge Britain into a second winter of discontent with mass strike action that involves two million employees, bringing the country to its knees.

Amid the confusion unfolding in Westminster this week, the Prime Minister has been dealt another political broadside, this time by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), in what could be the most militant showdown with the Government since the 1970s.

The alarming prophecy of mass strikes came as the TUC opened its postponed assemblage in Brighton and ahead of a crunch ballot on industrial action between unions, expected on Wednesday.

If the vote is endorsed, it would mean fundamental public sector employees, including teachers, nurses and junior doctors would be among those to join the mass walkout.

Some groups have already agreed to industrial action, with coffin makers at the Co-op’s only manufacturing establishment in the United Kingdom agreeing to walk out in a row over pay, bringing production to a complete stop, and the union representing teachers has indicated more than half of headteachers were in favour of striking amid simmering levels of anger and despair among school staff.

In an enraged attack against the Government, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady demanded the Prime Minister be sacked and a general election is called.

Addressing her last TUC congress before stepping down, she said that some say Liz Truss must go, but she believed they were wrong and that this entire wretched Tory Government should go. She said that the Tories are poisonous, that it was time for a transformation and that we needed a General Election now.

Miss O’Grady cautioned the TUC was already co-ordinating industrial action, adding that when workers are left with no choice but to vote for strike action for decent pay, then she said ‘bring it on’.

Among those due to be balloted are headteachers. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said the union members have told him they can’t continue to run their schools in the present circumstances, and neglect of pay and funding was eroding education.

Mr Whiteman said he’s never heard more outrage and despair from headteachers. He said schools had been caught in a cruel spiral, and that insufficient pay has contributed to a recruitment and retention crisis, and the failure to fund even the insufficient award this year means that heartbreaking cuts to services will have to be made.

He said fewer people and more infrequent services will lead to a deterioration of educational quality.

To be fair this country is finished, especially if this sort of thing keeps occurring, but now the workers are giving the Government a taste of their own medicine because workers have been exploited for far too long, working extraordinarily hard for very little pay, and let’s face it, the Tories have caused more devastation with their greed, and it’s far time it stopped.

There are going to be strikes, discontent, unaffordable energy bills, rising inflation, increasing National debt, and the future is not encouraging, but now, Jeremy Hunt can live up to his well-deserved nickname as he extinguishes the one remaining spark of hope in this grotto of despair.

If the electorate doesn’t hold the Government to account and the media doesn’t hold the Government to account, in time only anarchy will hold the Government to account and it’s already begun!

But things were finished a long time ago, only now there’s no pretence to it, especially with wage stagnation it was unavoidable. People can simply no longer survive the way things are going – the dam is going to explode, so we should all start preparing.

A 45-Year-Old Autistic Man Has Been Held In A Secure Hospital For 21 Years

Tony Hickmott was sectioned in 2001 and moved away from his home in Brighton. The man, who has autism, was held in a secure hospital and treated like an animal.

A whistleblower last year said that Tony Hickmott was the loneliest man in the hospital, but after a bruising court battle, he’s now expected to be reunited with his family from November 1.

A cheese roll and half a pint. These are the simple delights awaiting Tony Hickmott when he’s discharged from his secure Assessment and Treatment Unit after more than two decades next month.

Spending Christmas and birthdays in his family home, changing the channel on his own television and making a cup of tea for his dear mother are among the other freedoms he will shortly be on the receiving end of.

His new life will be a far cry from the conditions he’s endured at his secure hospital, where a whistleblower last year described the 45-year-old as the loneliest man there, and likened him to an animal because his only basic needs were fulfilled.

Tony Hickmott, now 45, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act as a young man in 2001 and transferred from his parent’s home in Brighton, East Sussex to a secure hospital more than two hours away.

The hospital, which is more than 100 miles away, hasn’t been named to protect his care and well-being.

Carers at the secure unit said he was left marooned in a locked room almost 24 hours a day in the hospital facility, enjoyed little freedom and spent all of his time in solitary confinement.

Tony Hickmott, who has autism, has been at the epicentre of a frenzied battle between his parents, MPs and campaigners and the local authorities to find him a safe and suitable home in Brighton since he was declared fit for release in 2013.

Tony Hickmott’s elderly parents have courageously fronted the struggle to get their son rehomed in the community, and he’s now expected to return to his hometown for the first time in 20 years in November.

Pamela, Mr Hickmott’s 78-year-old mother, conveyed her joy at the news that her son would finally be coming home after more than two decades.

She said that he was coming home and that she couldn’t believe it. That it would be a real home, and that they will have him back and that every day would be a bonus.

This is horrendous what’s happened to Tony, yet I bet nothing will happen to those people responsible.

This poor man has been locked up for no crime for half of his life. So, where is his compensation? I think it’s about time these authorities were sued because what they did to this poor man was cruel, and I truly hope that he enjoys his new life. There needs to be a review of social care, it’s a broken-down system and it’s a disgrace.

This is truly shocking and it shows just how damaged both the NHS and Social Care system actually is.

Margaret Thatcher sold off state care that was run like a normal hospital and replaced it with care in the community, and now there’s no accountability or inspections done, and also the Mental Health funding is so small it’s virtually non-existent, and it makes you actually wonder how much negligence really goes on behind closed doors, and as a country, we’ve become a disgrace, but then it’s all about money and Brighton Council Services should hold their heads in shame!

We’ve Been Eating Chocolate Wrong All Along!

Food experts have said that Brits have been consuming chocolate the wrong way, it should never be kept in the fridge and should be consumed at 11 am.

A new study, commissioned by Galaxy, found the UK is a country of chocoholics, with 34 per cent munching on chocolate daily.

Natalie Alibrandi, a food scientist, has unveiled the most common faux pas people make when enjoying sweet foods.

The most typical mistake is when chocolate is kept in the fridge as humidity levels are too high, and a lot of people in the United Kingdom are making this typical mistake.

A study of 2,000 adults found that 78 per cent of people stored chocolate in the fridge.

The best temperature for a chocolatey treat is 18C.

The food scientist told a newspaper outlet that if chocolate is too warm, it will crumble or dissolve in your hands. If you can’t hear it snap when it breaks, it’s likely not at the right temperature.

Putting chocolate in the fridge can also cause oxidation to happen, causing sugar blooms, where the taste and aroma from other foods are transferred into the bar.

Alibrandi also said that 11 am time is the most suitable time to consume chocolate. This is because cacao contains both sugar and caffeine suggesting it’s good food to fuel you until lunchtime.

The study found that only one in five adults eats chocolate in the morning, but how many people even store chocolate? Well, they nearly had me there!

I certainly know that the best time to eat chocolate is when you fancy it, and let’s face it most people don’t store chocolate, they hide it from the kids!

Everyone is different though, and some people just prefer it directly from the fridge, and good luck keeping it at 18 degrees in hotter countries or during the summer months, and why are all these experts telling us what to do when we pay for it, so why shouldn’t we do what we want with it?

I really do wish that these people would stop saying we’re doing it the wrong way. Quite frankly, these experts are more irritating than Philip Schofield, and generally, when buying a bar of chocolate, it never makes it home, never mind into the fridge or cupboard.

I don’t suppose anyone actually cares how they consume their chocolate, they just eat it the way that they want, until the day comes when a whole bar is the same size as a small bar but costs an entire week’s wages.

To be fair the entire thing is absurd because if you lived in hotter climes and you didn’t store your chocolate in the fridge you’d probably be drinking it instead of eating it.

There’s only one way to eat chocolate and that’s by putting it directly into your mouth, now that’s called professional eating, and I must confess I am a tad partial to a box of Quality Street, does this mean that I have to eat the entire box by 11 am?

But isn’t this gaslighting? Trying to get people to believe there’s something wrong with them because of the way they like to eat their chocolate? Making them believe that they’re in the wrong, which is quite diabolical when you think about it.

And there was tragic news from the Nestle factory today as hundreds of boxes of chocolate fell on top of an employee. He tried in vain to get help but every time he yelled, ‘The Milky Bars are on me’. His fellow workmates just cheered.

As New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Prepares To Axe MORE Key Planks Of ‘Lame Duck’ Liz Truss’ Economic Policy TODAY, The Pound Surges

Jeremy Hunt will take a wrecking ball to ‘lame duck’ Liz Truss’s economic policies today in a frantic bid to calm the markets, as Torie’s warn she must be gone in days.

In an extraordinary 6 am statement, the Treasury said the new Chancellor will announce an overhaul of the catastrophic mini Budget within hours rather than waiting until Halloween.

He’s expected to ditch plans to knock 1p off the basic rate of tax, one of the Prime Minister’s flagship measures, but there’s speculation he will go much further, with some believing he will reverse stamp duty reductions, with only the cut to national insurance looking safe, all legislation has all but cleared Parliament.

The theatrical intervention, which sent the Pound spiking, comes as ministers raced to fill a £72 billion void in the public finances after Kwasi Kwarteng’s fiscal package sparked a total meltdown, but despite jettisoning her closest ally Liz Truss is still looking in serious trouble. Despite Work and Pensions Secretary Chloe Smith having been slated to do broadcast interviews this morning, no Cabinet minister came out to shore up her position.

Jeremy Hunt is being openly described as the ‘de facto PM’ while about 100 MPs are said to have written to 1922 chief Graham Brady, who returns from holiday today, urging him to change party rules so the premier can be ousted.

Jeremy Hunt, who yesterday insisted the Prime Minister was still in control despite forcing her to ditch her tax-cutting agenda, is expected to speak on live TV at around 11 am setting out his plans in the hope that markets will calm down and prevent further collapse in the value of UK Bonds, known as gilts.

He will then make an address to the House of Commons at 3.30 pm, in which he’s expected to announce U-turns in cuts to the basic rate of income tax and corporation tax.

With more reversal now anticipated, the pound increased dashingly against the dollar and the euro this morning with all eyes on how the gilts market moves when the market opens in London at 8 am.

It comes as Tory MPs will attempt to oust Liz Truss this week, making her the shortest-serving Prime Minister in history, despite Downing Street warning that it could trigger a general election. There are assertions that Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt could be put into No 10 and No 11 as part of a ‘coronation’ by MPs. Others believe Jeremy Hunt may use his position to force himself into Liz Truss’s job.

But it’s now got to be said that the Conservatives are the party that broke Great Britain, although we shouldn’t overlook the foolish nature of those that voted for them, but then the global plan is bigger than we give it credit for. These people could quite easily starve us to extinction if they could get away with it.

I can’t think of a single success story under the Conservatives in the last twelve years, and everything feels like it’s gone backwards, and can anyone honestly say that they’re better off financially, or that our services have improved? And before anyone says they handled COVID well, perhaps we should stop and engage our brains first. Think of all those deaths, care homes and abuse of our money et cetera. No, it’s all been a total catastrophe.

Nobody said things would be easy, but Brexit has been even more costly than anyone could have predicted. The only thing that came out of the Brexit vote was those blue passports, and the deregulation of EU red tape, which meant that Tories voted to allow companies to pour raw sewage into our waters and the opportunity to get rid of workers’ rights and human rights. All you have to do is look at the state of Britain since 2016.

American Jews Are Told To Get Their Act Together By Donald Trump

Donald Trump lashed out at the American Jewish people on Sunday morning for not being more appreciative of his administration’s work with Israel.

The ex-president claimed he was so popular there that he could be the country’s next prime minister.

The message, posted on his Truth Social app, instantly made the rounds on Twitter where it was criticised throughout the morning. Donald Trump was accused of making a veiled threat against American Jews during a period when extremist violence was already becoming more prevalent.

It comes shortly after a well-known supporter of his, rapper Ye who was formerly known as Kanye West, was pulled from Instagram and Twitter for a series of anti-Semitic remarks.

Donald Trump said on his Truth Social app that no President had done more for Israel than he had and that rather surprisingly, however, their wonderful Evangelicals were far more appreciative of this than the people of the Jewish faith, particularly those living in the US.

And he said that those living in Israel, though, were a different story. The highest approval rating in the World.

Donald Trump concluded that in the US, Jews had to get their act together and appreciate what they have in Israel before it was too late.

It’s worth mentioning that Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is a devout Jew. Trump’s daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism before marrying Kushner.

Critics on Twitter instantly went after the alarming comments.

Aviva Klompas, the co-founder of the group Boundless Israel, accused Donald Trump of threatening US Jews in his post, and then here’s Donald Trump adding fuel to the antisemitic dumpster fire by demanding American Jews demonstrate allegiance to him because of Israel, and then he tops it all of with a veiled threat.

Lawyer David Leopold, who served on the Biden-Harris transition team, said that a lot of antisemitism to unpack here, but one thing is evident, Donald Trump has no problem threatening American Jews.

How extraordinary to hear an anti-Semitic fascist billionaire begging for support from Jews, journalist Craig Unger wrote on the platform.

Well, Donald Doofus just threatened Jewish people in America, and Donald Trump had made similar religiously divisive remarks, including in 2019 when he called American Jewish voters who supported Democrats disloyal, but this can only be a good thing because while he’s doing all that he’s putting yet another nail in his own coffin.

Every group he estranges is a block of votes lost.

Let’s see, educated women, Gold Star moms, veterans, people of colour, Asians, NFL players and now those of Jewish faith. I’m guessing he’s going for the Nazi look, and next, he’ll be building extermination camps, and in the end, all he will have left is Krazy Kanye.

Looks like Donald Trump is playing the fiddle to a new audience now, all of the angry white men living in jail, where hopefully soon Donald Trump will be spending a long long time.

The man is an incredible egomaniac, and undoubtedly seriously sick in the head.

No one has made more money than me. No one has slept with more women than me. No one has indebted the US more than me. No one has had a more messy presidency than me. No one is more healthy than me. No one talks more bullshit than me. No one has killed more Americans than me, thanks to COVID. No one is more incompetent. No one spreads more lies than me (okay, perhaps my good friends Putin and Kim came close). No one has paid so little taxes in the US. No one has deceived the American people more than me, because it’s all about ME, ME, ME!

Buckingham Palace Will Not Be Occupied By King Charles III For FIVE YEARS

Sources claim that King Charles III won’t live in Buckingham Palace for up to five years and will instead wait for the completion of the site’s £370 million renovation in 2027.

As the palace continues its 10-year refurbishment, the new King and Queen Consort Camilla are expected to divide their time between up to four other castles.

A source told a newspaper outlet their primary home will continue to be Clarence House, only 400 yards away from Buckingham Palace and where they’ve lived for 19 years.

The couple moved into the five-bed residence in 2003, one year after the Queen Mother passed away.

It’s understood they’ll spend three nights each week at Clarence House, two nights at Windsor Castle and weekends at Sandringham in Norfolk.

The new Monarch was spending at least one night a week at Windsor Castle as the Queen’s mobility problems deteriorated in the year before her demise.

The source said that refurbishment was very far behind schedule but the Monarch should be living at Buckingham Palace, with the source saying that it’s the core of the monarchy in London, otherwise it risks becoming just a tourist magnet, and effectively they have a King without a palace to live in.

The couple also has their idyllic country private home, Highgrove House, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire.

King Charles acquired the grounds in 1980 and has dedicated much of his excess time and energy to making the grounds and garden around the house pristine.

Buckingham Palace is about halfway through its biggest refurbishment since before the Second World War, which includes new wiring, plumbing and heating.

I can’t say I blame the King for not wanting to move into Buckingham Palace, it’s a tad drafty, and too much of it for the public to peruse for it to feel like a real home, and no doubt, even more, a palace gossip, and my best guess is that by the time the Prince and Princess of Wales get there they will rather not live there either.

And we actually do need to quit calling him King Charles III. I promise that if we just call him the King, people won’t start thinking we’re talking about Elvis Presley, or that he will be resurrected and one day move into Buckingham Palace. Elvis was the king of bling, and Charles is definitely not that.

But renovation for Buckingham Palace is going to cost tons of money, money that could be used to help the needy, education, NHS and the police, and with all of King Charle’s numerous homes, I’m surprised he doesn’t lose track of where he’s staying tonight, tomorrow or next week.

However, we British people have a talent for tenaciously maintaining our ageing structures, well that’s when we’re not knocking them down to make way for more contemporary ones, and let’s face it, you wouldn’t expect to move into your elderly mother’s home without some type of renovation work, so I guess we can’t expect the King to do so either, or should we just abolish the hypocritical monarchy?

And if you believe that the Royal Family aren’t spending taxpayers’ money to fix up the Palace, then who’s money are they spending? It’s not their own money that’s for sure, and some people just aren’t falling for this idiocy anymore.

I do have to agree though that the UK economy does benefit by billions every year through Royal tourism, which is an industry on its own.

Royal tourism employs more than 100,000 full-time workers across numerous industries and employs 100,000 part-time employees.

The Royal Family generates billions for 1,000 of charities around the world every year. HRH Queen Elizabeth alone generated more than one billion supporting her chosen 600+ charities.

Is An Indian Summer On The Way?

Britain will enjoy 20C temperatures at the beginning of the week with warm air from Africa set to keep mercury above average until Halloween.

The Met Office confirmed the South and South East will be the driest and warmest regions of the country over the next week.

However, conditions over the next 24-36 hours will be unsettled with extensive parts of the North encountering rain and powerful winds.

After a short period, the weather will settle down, with most areas in the British Isles staying dry.

A representative from the Met Office told a newspaper outlet that with low pressure anchored to the southwest of the United Kingdom during the coming week, winds will remain from a south-easterly direction.

The spokesperson said this will act like a pump, bringing some relatively warm air for October northwards from Iberia and France. Daytime maximum temperatures will reach 18-20 Celsius in some southern regions, whereas the average high for mid-October will be close to 14 Celsius.

Nick Finnis, the Netweather forecaster, told a newspaper outlet that some computer models show 22C and 23C by midweek, bringing an Indian Summer.

He said that an extremely generous plume of air from northwest Africa looks like it’s being pumped across Europe and to Britain, which is up to the low 30s in France, and over 20C in southern Britain.

An Indian Summer can be defined as a warm and calm period of weather during the autumn.

The most elevated temperature in October ever registered in the United Kingdom was in 2011 when temperatures skyrocketed to 29.9C in Gravesend, Kent.

Last year October was a warm month with a typically autumnal blend of weather types with warm periods and frequent showers.

According to the Met Office, average maximum temperatures were more than 10C above long-term averages.

Experts have said the favourable conditions will continue up until Halloween on October 31.

The news comes after the Met Office issued a yellow warning last month when the weather was expected to cause disruption to transport and businesses.

I suppose that will be nice. At least then we won’t have to put on our central heating for a little while, and at least our elderly won’t freeze to death, well until the end of October, then we’ll likely see them dropping like flies because they can’t afford to keep their heating on.

So, let’s hope that we have an extremely mild winter and the heating doesn’t have to go on too much, but what we could really do with is an offset till the Spring so that we can keep our heating bills down, but you can bet our arses that we’ll be freezing this winter.

Of course, the longer it says warm, the longer we can keep the heating off, but can you imagine the energy companies, they will be so annoyed if we barely use any, and it was only last week the weatherman was spewing off about us having an arctic winter – propaganda at its best, wouldn’t you say? Now all they will be talking about is climate change again which will spark mass demonstrations.

I’m really shocked the woke brigade are still letting us use the word ‘Indian Summer’. There will be controversy over that next.

There’s no such thing as climate change, this is pretty much the norm every October, and if sea levels are rising why are politicians buying beachfront homes, but of course, they’re attempting to whip up support for even more enslavement through this drivel.

According To A Poll, Prince Harry Should Be ‘Banned’ From The Royal Family If His Memoir Damages The Firm

King Charles III reportedly won’t invite Prince Harry to his Coronation if his book attacks Camilla, the Queen Consort.

Prince Harry should be expelled from the Royal Family if his memoir harms the Firm, according to a poll. Carried out between October 12 and 13 with 1,624 respondents, TECHNE UK found nearly seven in 10 Brits believe the Duke should be banished if his new book includes adverse statements.

In the vote, a tremendous 68 per cent of respondents agreed that Harry should be banished if his memoirs have adverse information.

Meanwhile, 22 per cent said the Duke shouldn’t be banished, and another 10 per cent said they didn’t know.

According to the pollsters, among those polled men were more likely to back Harry being expelled if his book damaged the Royal Family and 71 per cent to 61 per cent were women.

Across ages, there was consistent support for Harry being banished if his book was damaging, with 18 to 34-year-olds at 66 per cent support and over 64 years old at 68 per cent.

The poll also found support for potentially banishing Harry was consistent across political groups.

It found that 69 per cent of Labour voters in the 2019 general election supported it, whereas 68 per cent of Conservative voters were in favour.

Out of 57 Green Party voters surveyed, 73 per cent were in favour of potentially banishing Harry, and 68 per cent of Liberal Democrats were in favour.

Support was also almost identical between Remainers and Brexiteers, at 69 per cent and 68 per cent respectively.

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir will be published by Penguin Random House, and was originally expected out in fall 2022 but could be published in 2023.

Reports suggested Harry was looking to revise his memoir after the demise of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8.

According to a newspaper outlet on September 25, Harry was concerned that some of the disclosures in his book might not look so good, following the public outpouring of support for the monarchy.

A source told a newspaper outlet that Harry had tossed a spanner in the works as he was desperate to get it refined in the light of the Queen’s demise, her funeral and his father Charles taking the throne, and it was said that there may be things which might not look good if they come out so soon after the Queen’s death and his father becoming King.

Prince Harry is irrelevant, even below the spares, and therefore surplus to requirement. They can banish him from the ‘Royal Family’, but they can’t banish him from their family because he’s blood, and it doesn’t matter how much you sugarcoat it, he will always be blood.

People can disparage Prince Harry as much as they want but he will always be part of this unique family, and I’m sure there are many skeletons in their closet just waiting to break out and tell their secrets, and I’m not sure why people are so worried about knowing the truth – if it was any other family people would look surprised and have their say and then move on with their lives, but because it’s the Royal Family everyone appears to want to make such a big deal about it. What people need to realise is that at the end of the day, Royal or not, they still have the same coloured blood flowing through their veins and they’re far from foolproof.

Picky Eaters Are Created By Parents, Says Mum

A self-confessed ‘crunchy mum’ has provoked an outcry after claiming parents enable their children to become finicky eaters.

The mum of one shared a video of her toddler happily consuming a meal, with the statement: ‘Opinion of the day: kids are not picky eaters from birth. Parents inadvertently help them become picky’.

The comment understandably raised the wrath of other parents, who called the mum out for parent shaming.

One mum responded that some children are born with sensory problems that stop them from consuming particular foods and that they’re not always fussy eaters.

Amber commented, “Tell me you only have one child without telling me you only have one child. My first made me feel like I was the best parent.”

Krissie Leanne responded that it was simply not true. That her son consumed all types at that age, and now he won’t touch certain things no matter how hard they try. He’s six now.

It prompted the mum to follow up with a video response, where she embellished her view.

She said that she wanted to explain that there was a distinction between fussy eaters and having likes and preferences. That she wasn’t talking about a child not liking squash and therefore they’re fussy and it was the parent’s fault. She said she was talking about the children that will only eat processed junk food because that’s what the parents feed them because it’s easier, but this explanation only generated more of a stir, with other mums claiming every child is different, and so are their preferences.

Some parents do everything right with their first child and yet they end up being the pickiest eaters, but that it’s easy to feel superior when everything is going right, but when children start to get some independence and want autonomy that’s when things can take a surprising turn.

However, it’s this mother’s view, but no one has to agree with it – every child is different. However, in this day and age, there are some fussy eaters that have been created, others have sensory disorders, and everyone needs to take a step back and let every parent do what they need to do with their child because it’s their child and nobody else’s.

Children can be extremely fickle, one day they can love something and then the next day they will gag at it.

I know that having food is better than not having any food, but I do tend to agree that most children won’t eat their veggies. I used to hide the veggies in with the mashed potato so that my children wouldn’t notice them, although kids aren’t stupid and to be honest it didn’t always work.

My youngest son who is Autistic was the worst because he has awful sensory problems even now and he’s a grown adult, but I still tried to get him to eat stuff if I could but would never force him because he’d generally be sick.

Processed foods aren’t the best things for our children, but more and more processed foods are on the market these days that sometimes we don’t have a choice particularly if we are on a tight budget, which at the moment we are.

Some children are generally good eaters, but then, later on, become finicky eaters. This mum clearly hasn’t had her child refuse food yet, but she will because as we get older our tastebuds change.

At the end of the day, every family is different. There are people that just feed their children quick meals but there are other people that don’t. Some eat well and some don’t, but we shouldn’t judge each other because what one person does might not work for another, and we just need to quit comparing, as long as we are doing the best that we can, that’s all that matters.

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