Obama asks "Where's my dinner?"

Obama hits town and London is bracing itself for a possible riot. Not necessarily because he's here. In fact, he's like royalty and showbiz rolled into one, so his adoring fans will be out there. No, the possible riot is because the G20 leaders are all going to sit down to discuss the world's problems. Problems which they never saw coming and for which they are reacting to rather than trying to be pro-active. Let's hope pro-action gets a look in.

Today bank staff are being told to dress down. Isn't it bizarre. At least they now realise they have made themselves unpopular but it must be some sort of recognition that they have to look "ordinary" (that is unkept and untidy!) in order to blend in! What would Captain Mainwaring think? "What's this, Pike? You're dressed in a very casual outfit. This is a bank, you know! Go home and smarten up, immediately!" "But Mum told me to dress down in case I got into any bother." "Stupid boy! There's a credit crisis on - who is going to get us out of this unless we all pull together!" The great irony is that we would not be in this mess if we had had proper bankers and not the corporate money shifters who were running the show.

So Obama hits town. They will all settle down to a grand dinner in No.10 for food cooked by Jamie Oliver. Well, he'll be overseeing a few other chefs, I suppose. They better get some fans blowing in the kitchens. He can get temperamental under heat. He's cooking for Obama & Co, not Harry Truman! Oliver's wife is expecting a baby any minute and he's told Gordon Brown that if the baby comes tonight he'll have to get another chef.

I was in Sainsbury's last night, looking over the "reduced items". During a conversation with another customer and the price reducer it was revealed that the store gets rid of £2000 of food a night. What a waste! My fellow customer said "You could feed the third world with that!". Well, not exactly, but if one tots up ALL the supermarkets in the UK the food wastage must be dire in the extreme, and the Third World would welcome some of it.

Jamie Oliver has had his run-ins with the supermarkets and he is not afraid to speak his mind. The G20 is getting all hot and bothered about money but it should be about the proper stewardship of money. In recent years it seems to have been equated with water. Turn on the tap and out flows MONEY!!

So, it needs to be a meeting of minds. If it gets too hot in that kitchen it won't be the ghost of Harry Truman getting to Oliver, it will be the current conflicts in his mind. It could end up with the dinner being cancelled!

"Where's my dinner?" asks a surprised Obama. "Dinner's off, mate! I've got a few things to sort out." replies the cheeky chappie in a rush.