Clarissa Dickson Wright calls for honest food labelling

[RuudJH]

This is a very justified call. We have to assure fair trade all over the world, and preserve as well, by using local produce.

[thisherecat2]

hey must fancy her a real pain in the arse

[fardisghomeshi]

this is called importing and there is nothing wrong with it. just cuz some things are imported it doesn't mean that the entire line of something is.

[CuteCatFaith]

This is one of the reasons we buy largely from a greenmarket outside Paris, France. It's cheaper and the merchants can be asked directly where it came from. The butchers often have snapshots of their free range animals, and you can arrange to actually visit their facilities sometimes, by appointment. She looks great, totally normal. I do have to cook from scratch a lot, but we stick to a modest weekly food budget fairly easily. Thank you for posting.

[Robby334]

they will do nothing as usual they palm us off with bad information

[tiptoe221]

A good campaign. Should happen in the US.

[zaragala15312]

i always loved the "two fat ladies" show back in the late 90s

[sincityfire]

My, My! There are starving people in the world and thinking where our food comes from?!

[relimes]

0:45 Jesus Christ!

[pastore0506]

Good old Clarissa! She is one of my favourite ladies.

[mitzi7416]

@pastore0506 why is sh your fauvorite lady?is it her expertise at stating the obvious such as misleading lablels , her promoting of her book about moaning about political correctness. yawn or her tiresome campaign to get the nation eating more lard buttter and cream?

[stewballmax3]

I fully appreciate Clarissa's honesty and genuine concern. It is indeed unfair to place this sort of dishonesty on food labels,not only in the UK,but it does happen here in the US as well. This is certainly a worthwhile campaign.

Max

[teufelstaub]

I wouldn't cringe at products from Ireland or Brasil, but we in the states get food from far grottier places than those!

[KRKahn87]

No offense, but you Brits got a whole hell of a lot more problems than this.

[sisalrug]

I just got The Two Fat Ladies on netflix and have been watching them for days. I like Clarissa very much. I think she is remarkable. I can't stop listening to her and watching her and Jennifer Paterson, they are intelligent and witty and wonderful.

[seanviv2]

you can buy the complete series on sale on amazonfrom $39.00 to 52.00. I loved the show and watched until it ended.. I even taped some shows on my ( vcr ) we can now get it on dvd

[TheDukeofdorset]

THE youngest Woman called to the Bar at 21, , she is a great british woman

[MELONSCOFFER]

thedukeofdorset

she was not the youngest women to be called to the bar she was the FIRST women to be called to the bar

[moproducer]

Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Dickson-Wright.

[JesusChristisfake]

Clarissa is one fat ugly beast who is enough to put anyone off food, i hope she dies soon she deserves too.

[DCFunBud]

Clarissa has the most beautiful voice. The tone, the elocution, and the accent are marvelous to my anglophile American ear. She could have a whole new career as a narrator. That being said, I think if she put a little more effort into her appearance, she would win more converts to her cause. Her "au naturale" approach to grooming is a distraction from her message.

[Stryker146]

She's a horrible, evil ugly bint.

[AnonInEng]

She should have been born a century earlier. Sounds too colonial for my liking.

Also a pro-hunter.

Despite this, there's a part of me that likes her.

[ra86226]

hey. she eats what she shoots though.

[MissRosie89]

Really admire you for admitting that last bit! Wish there were more like you.

[gospelsouth]

I adore Clarissa....she's such a pistol! We have the exact same problem in America...you have no clue where your food is actually coming from. That's why it's so important to support your local farmers....may cost a little more, but the quality is so much better.

[colibri1]

And it needn't always cost more. Before about 1950, most of our food came from local sources and it somehow managed to be affordable.

[ra86226]

I miss Jennifer Patterson. I loved their show!!!

[mariahmadrileno]

A fair message but im a bit uncomfortable at this (which is essentially a party political broadcast) being portrayed as a piece of impartial jounalism.

[GEORGIANGUSTIL]

british do the best! lets stop the lies! love clarissa!

[eulerkind]

Keep up the fantastic work Clarissa!

[Wintertaylors]

Is this the frumpiest woman you have ever seen?

[colibri1]

No, she looks like a real person to me. I'm American and I wish we saw more real-looking people on TV like you in Britain do. It's refreshing and encouraging to see people, particularly women, who look like normal people for their age. You just don't see that on TV in the US. In the US, a female celebrity like Clarissa would almost certainly have had loads of plastic surgery to cover up her age. It's healthy for your society that she hasn't.

[haypenny]

People are always over critical of women who aren't overly concerned with aesthetics. Clarissa is a brilliant woman. She passed the English Bar as a young girl and became Britain's youngest Barrister at the age of 21! And even though she came from an illustrious family, she had many difficulties including major struggles with alcohol &homelessness. She was a bit wild too, having had a quickie in the House of Commons behind the Speaker's chair! Anyway, she's a fascinating woman & brilliant chef.

[changsmith]

AMEN!

[mitzi7416]

@colibri1 you think she looks normal?she walks like her poor legs cant stand the strain.not really a good advert for the lardy food she cooks.

[stefjohannson]

And?... excuse me? What exactly? Global recession, people losing their jobs and you're wondering where the chicken in your Sainsbury's ready meal came from???

Is the best you can do Dave? Tories. Unbelievable!!!

[88eggwhites]

Well worthy campaign, i hope something is done about it!