DAVID Cameron and his utterly absurd party think they can gain power by jumping on the healthy eating bandwagon.

This latest cardboard cut-out of a politician recently stepped out of Burton's shop window and proceeded to lecture a certain well-known company and the rest of us on the dangers of eating too much cut-price chocolate.

I wouldn't mind such blatant I'll-do-anything-to-get-elected posturing, but if we are to have a serious debate about fitness in general, then I would like him to remind us of under whose government Britain lost so many playing fields to developers.