The Council had already slashed the amount of red meat, ice cream and confectionary on offer (no red frogs?!) at its Aquatic and Recreation Centre after implementing a new “traffic light” system last year.
But to reach their target of offering just 25 per cent “red” foods (the bad ones), the Council suggested putting the deep-fried treat on the chopping block – and residents were spitting chips on Facebook.
“The world has gone mad,” one resident wrote.
Another chimed in (slightly melodramatically): “They may take away our lives, but they’ll never take our hot chips.”
The backlash was so great that councillors have now promised a reprieve for the centre’s chippies, which Mayor Rhys Williams conceded to be “the best in the world”.
There will be sacrifices however. According to the council’s report, the centre’s café serves coffee with a shortbread biscuit on the side which it recommends axing.
You’ll never take our chicken salt though.
