Oh No - not Heather Mills McCartney again!

Heather Mills McCartney and my dad had a total of two legs between them.

Heather lost a leg and gained Paul McCartney - 26 years her senior. My dad (Bert) lost a leg and gained my mum - 21 years his junior. She kept him exhausted and entertained for the rest of his life.

People liked Bert. We can’t say the same for Heather.

However, we should not let our misgivings about the (soon to be) ex Mrs McCartney, lead us to forget that she could have been right about a few things .

I was walking down Market St. yesterday and this rather tired looking lad thrust a leaflet into my hand. ‘Don’t buy this love’ he said. It was a picture of packet of Ariel and I’d just bought one that morning. It seems that Procter and Gamble are involved in massive animal testing programmes.

They are using animals to test cosmetics, washing powder and pet food. The list of their products is daunting - Fairy, Ariel, Lenor, Olay, Febreeze, Crest, Tampax, Duracell - even Pringles. I sent a miserly donation to ‘uncaged’ and will receive their bag which I will carry around. They also have a T shirt. I’ll try to avoid buying the products too but it won’t be easy.

The P&G website seems to suggest that they are using alternatives to animal testing - but suggest is the word - it doesn’t really commit to anything.

The best bit is that my very, very favourite model - Twiggy - is supporting this campaign. I used to long to look like her when I was short, fat and brunette. Now I’m short, thin and blonde - but 2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
KAZ