Be careful, biscuits may be dnagerous for you

I wonder if G.Brown's initial reluctance to admit that he eats biscuits was related to the spate of news about them.

We were told that about 400 people each year are treated in hospital for injuries related to biscuits, and that 437 council workers fell for a spoof "workplace biscuit risk assessment test".

It seems that a biscuit firm decided in its promotion to use a mild parody of health and safety rules. Many people replied to the spoof assessment, and one council actually monitors tea breaks in case of accidents.

It is a measure of the health and safety mania which grips much of our life, that many are prepared to believe in the risk, and a sizeable number sufficiently to answer questionnaires about workplace consumption of biscuits and its effects.