I write this as an overweight trying to lose the pounds person. This morning I bumped into three very fit young personal trainers not coming to rescue me but in a Coffee shop. We got chatting about health when Therese Coffey the new Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary for Health and Social Care came up large in our discussion.
The trainers told me that overweight is bad for your health and I tried unsuccessfully to argue that loss of weight could cause damage. Theresa Coffey is not an advert for good health and is a surprise choice to represent that part of Government. According to the Press she loves a good cigar and a drink which again is not ideal. Her ankles are very swollen in her shoes and by any stretch of the imagination it is a concern. What also surprised me was the fact she is only 51 years old ( 52 in November).
The trainers told me that 63% of the uk population are obese. Of the circa 650,000 that die annually two thirds are too fat for the coffin. Coffey is a single woman and unlike me does not have a spouse to keep her in some sort of check. We do share the same faith as well as being overweight and my team Chelsea play her team Liverpool this month ( maybe we will meet each other at the match ).
Maybe I could help Therese lose those pounds ( I’ve lost 19 recently) and get one of the trainers to go to Downing Street and help kickstart the program. The fact is the trainers are right. The odd cigar has no calories of course but not so good on your lungs. The Coffee that Coffey drinks has 51 calories and when I eventually meet Therese I’ll bring the cigars if she gets the coffee. What an advert Therese can be in her new job shedding say 40 pounds before the next General Election.
Meantime ex Territorial Officer James has had his Territory expanded in making him Foreign Secretary, someone qualified in Hospitality Management now no longer serving tables but at the negotiating table Cleverly does it. . Kwarsi meantime is looking after the Treasury more Quasi financial I’d say or Kwarsi financial I should say. Another lawyer is Home Secretary whose BMI looks ok and there can be no braver woman than Sue to take over from Pritti. Lawyers take instructions and those no doubt will be coming from Liz. In God we Truss.
The other Kofi in the Political Arena was Annan , Secretary of the United Nations , he was slim and he like Coffee and the occasional cigar. Churchill loved his cigars and don’t forget Cuba where the best cigars come from. Churchill was overweight and loved a drink or two all day. He passed away at 91 , I’ll take that and so would Therese take another 40 years in power. Care for coffee ?
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