Doctors have launched a new political party in fight to save the NHS. It is aiming to put up at least 50 candidates at the 2015 election to fight the Government’s controversial health service reforms
We wonder if Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s very own Willy Wonka will be standing for Health Secretary?
Surely he can’t do any worse than Wind in the Willow’s very own weasel, Jeremy Hunt? The owner of the Chocolate factory in Charlie and the Chocolate factory (Willy Wonka that is not Jeremy Hunt) certainly had an unconventional method of dealing with children over-eating or over-indulging.
With diabetes on a steady increase, maybe Willy Wonka’s solutions will be more palatable?
We are swamped by sugar. It has crept into all areas of our daily diet, from the sweet treats we award ourselves to family essentials such as pre-packaged loaves of bread. We know that too much sugar is bad for us, but we are hooked – and sugar is now so ubiquitous it is hard to believe there was a time when it was not readily available.
First discovered growing as a wild grass in the South Pacific around 8,000 BC, travellers and traders helped spread sugar across the globe. So addicted were we to this new taste, that at the beginning of the 19th century we consumed 12 pounds of sugar per head. By the end of the century that amount had rocketed to 47 pounds per head. But this new-found pleasure came at a price, malnutrition is not the only health problem for which sugar has some responsibility. It is known to cause tooth decay, while obesity and high blood pressure are closely linked to the over-consumption of calories. In turn they can lead to heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
2.9 million people have diabetes in the U.K. double the number since 1996. It’s estimated that five million people will have diabetes by 2025
Willy Wonka hides a Golden Ticket in five chocolate bars being distributed to anonymous locations worldwide, and that the discovery of a Golden Ticket would grant the owner with passage into Willy Wonka’s factory and a lifetime supply of confectionary.
Apart from Charlie the other four winning children are an obese, gluttonous boy named Augustus Gloop, a spoiled brat named Veruca Salt, a record-breaking gum chewer named Violet Beauregarde, and Mike Teavee, who is unhealthily obsessed with television. All candidates no doubt for diabetes type 2 and all of whom come to a sticky end dealt with by the ingenious Willy Wonka. One way of getting rid of the problem.
Now the ultimate candyman has been re-imagined for the London theatre as brand new West End musical to be launched in 2013. It’s bursting with imagination and magic from the chocolate waterfall to the strange but enchanting Oompa Loompas and their mystical songs.
The show in London starts previewing at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane from the 18th May 2103 with the World premiere press night scheduled for the 25th June 2013.
There are some fantastic ticket offers for the previews so it is well worth booking early.
The show is based on Roald Dahl’s magical book Charlie and the Chocolate factory which celebrates 50 years in 2013.
