Up Close and Personal
The monthly interview with CTM founder, Phillip Day

ECLUB: How art thou?
PD: All the better for your toothless grin, Brian.
ECLUB: Let's change the subject. What's news this month?
PD: Naturally, the stunning defeat of the EU Constitution by France and Holland's referenda. Germany has been denied a referendum by the Schroeder weasel, but still participated in a phone-in vote with newspaper Das Bild, in which over 96% voted to scupper it! It's a great result, although Blair has baulked at ruining his own career backing the constitutional referendum he promised the British in his election manifesto (what a surprise).
ECLUB: What are the implications now?
PD: France and Holland's no vote has mercifully set the cause of 'The United States of Europe' back years, perhaps even permanently. I anticipate some sort of smaller EU clique will form out of the die-hard federalist nations. With regard to the EU Food Supplements and Herbal Directives, the European Court of Justice will give its ruling on the Alliance for Natural Health's challenge by 12th July, so we'll know soon enough whether the bans will proceed w.e.f 1st August. Folks, we need to keep a close eye on Europe now, especially Peter Mandelson, UK's EU commissioner, who seeks as always to usurp our sovereignty in order to re-plumb eastern Europe at the UK's expense. The doubling and tripling of our council tax is not, alas, going to building more playgrounds in Wigan.
ECLUB: Anything people can do for the present?
PD: Yes. Love Europe, loathe and expose the EU. I exhort the French for taking an unequivocal stand and stuffing it to Chirac, now as popular as a poodle on a Paris golf course. In the end, the French apparently want to remain French. Vive La Liberté! I say.
ECLUB: Give us a round-up of the health news.
PD: Scientists are fudging their research to conform with their preconceptions, another surprise. The latest from NZ Health Trust on the Codex menace down under. NZ subscribers, please give David Sloan your best support fighting for your interests in Wellington. He's a pit-bull that one, and he's on our side.
ECLUB: What's with the dog thing?
PD: A piece on canine woes, my gappy friend. Grains are out for dogs and cats, which are carnivores and should be fed real raw meat. Another study just in, conversely, discusses the effects of excess red meat in human diets provoking bowel cancer and other problems. We deal with this in detail in a chapter in Health Wars, 'Meating the Main Problem'. Our diets should comprise mainly unrefined plant dietary (fruits, veggies, pulses, legumes, haricots, etc.), as much as possible eaten raw, with adequate water-intake and exercise. That leaves 20% of our grub to be responsibly spread around the other food groups. Minimising grains for weight loss works very well. Sadly, though, it won't replace teeth, Brian.
ECLUB: Enough already. Vaccines?
PD: The United States leads the world in polluting its young. Dr Tim O'Shea, a Herculean advocate in damning this odious practice, reports on the latest vaccine loads going into quivering arms while admiring parents gaze on. Also, the US government requires schools to spy on their kids to pre-empt all sorts of 'mental illness' and supervise 'enforced treatment' where necessary. Parents' rights, RIP. Welcome to Mr Bush's new US drug-addiction program, sure to provoke further bulging brown envelopes from the hallowed boards of Big Pharma. Drugs drive psychiatry, the most baleful human rights abuse of the 21st century, on a scale that defies belief. It needs to be stopped.
ECLUB: How is your new Attitude Tour proceeding?
PD: It's cranking. Easy steps to a good life. How to disconnect responsibly from the junk and sharpen your performance. High octane baby steps, Brian, one day at a time, bringing back the laughter and playtime. A mission to get your teeth stuck into -
ECLUB: Yes, yes. When are your New Zealand and Australia dates to be published? We've already had calls.
PD: 15th July at the latest the schedule will be up. It's going to be good. Sam and I have got to get away from English hotels and their food.
ECLUB: Bad, eh?
PD: We're at the end of our tether, mate.
ECLUB: Thank you, Phillip.
PD: You're welcome.