Greed and Abuse. The world's gone Bananas!




Europe Calling show

Summary: THE BBC has banned bananas at their new £1billion headquarters. Posters have been put up warning colleagues not to eat them at work. This was requested by a journalist who said she could suffer a fatal reaction if she came into contact with a banana. So where will it all end? Fruit? Nuts? Cadburys chocolate? THE Railways Minister commutes to work in a chauffeur-driven CAR — at a cost of £80,000-a-year. Instead of suffering overcrowded trains, Tory Simon Burns is ferried on an 80-mile round-trip from his home to his Westminster office at taxpayers’ expense. We both feel strongly about this but what about those reading the report? A QUARTER of mums turn off heating so they can afford FOOD for their kids according to a new survery. Millions more use layers of extra clothes or blankets to keep power bills down. Didn't we do this when we were young? India's prime minister called for calm after clashes erupted between police and demonstrators protesting about a gang rape in the country's capital. "We will make all possible efforts to ensure security and safety to all women in this country," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said. "I appeal to all concerned citizens to maintain peace and calm." We feel strongly about this as obviously do thousands in India and around the world. WAR hero Andy Reid last night told of his joy at becoming a dad after losing THREE limbs. Andy, 36, feared he would never be able to have children because of the terrible injuries he suffered when he stepped on a Taliban booby-trap in Afghanistan. We salute this great dad.