I listened to the News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 as I drove home this evening. At one stage they mocked Iain Duncan-Smith, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, implying he was well-meaning but hopelessly out of touch. They laughed (and the audience laughed with them) at the suggestion of Iain Duncan-Smith worrying whether social housing tenants would be able to afford quail's eggs (a variation of the let-them-eat-cake joke, which dates back to the 18th century).
Above: not sure where the News Quiz team do their shopping, but in this part of the world quail's eggs sell at £1.50 a dozen (presumably by the time they get to the trendy London supermarkets the News Quiz panellists frequent they experience a 1,000 per cent mark up).
Above: it's difficult to avoid the suspician that the News Quiz panellists are ridiculous townies who do not have the first idea of where food comes from or what the true cost of food is.
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