[ssf] Let Them Eat Jellybeans

adam adam at diamat.org.uk
Tue Jul 8 14:48:57 BST 2008


"Just as citizens of the developed world feel the pinch from the credit
  crunch and rising food and oil prices, their leaders are about to take
  centre stage in the G8's biggest ever summit. When the three-day
  meeting, centred on a communique whose wording has already been largely
  agreed, ends next Wednesday, Japanese taxpayers will face a bill for
  60bn yen (£283m), dwarfing the estimated £1.3m Britain stumped up at
  Gleneagles three years ago ...

  ... Despite the huge security operation, Japan is touting Lake Toya as
  the "compact" summit in an attempt to banish memories of Okinawa 2000,
  an 80bn-yen orgy of excess during which the leaders lunched on Beluga
  caviar and foie gras while Jacques Chirac held court on his love of
  sumo wrestling. The lesson does not seem to have been learned: this
  week 60 top chefs will prepare the leaders' meals, although the menu
  and its cost are closely guarded secrets."

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/05/g8.globaleconomy1



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