I'm the Man ......uka

The punk era produced some of my favourite bands such as The Pixies,The Clash, the Ramones, Devo and the Undertones.
As well as the usual punk bands the era produced other groups/singers such as Ian Dury, John Cooper Clarke, Graham Parker and Joe Jackson that provided an alternative to the horrors of West Coast country music [the Eagles & Crosby Stills and Nash] and pompous UK rubbish such as Genesis; Emmerson Lake and Palmer and Pink Floyd,

Joe Jackson was an irritable man not helped by his unfortunate looks and poor dress sense. His finest moment was the album 'I'm the man' which includes his minor hit 'Is she really going out with him', which contains the wonderful opening line of

Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I'm staring while my coffee grows cold

and

They say that looks don't count for much
If so, there goes your proof

 The video is here

The title track is one of my favourite tracks of all time as its about one of my favourite subjects, how stupid, gullible and vain we are as a species. The video is here
His specific targets are very much of the era of the song although if the song was re-written for now there would be rich pickings to choose from.
Mobile phones, patio heaters, emojis, Twitter and Facebook, Minions, GoPro, any Apple product, hipsters, selfie sticks, reality television, tattoos could all get a mention.
However I suspect most of the song would be taken up with Manuka.

A report about Manuka produced by FERA has just been published and starts with

With previous evidence reporting frequent mislabelling about Manuka Honey, revealing only one of the seven samples tested by a laboratory was found to have the requisite levels of the active ingredient, shows the challenge is not subsiding anytime soon.

and goes on

we tested five Manuka honeys available to buy in the UK for MGO and the results showed all the honeys we tested were legitimate Manuka, but the levels of MGO were surprisingly varied with some of the levels being barely detected.  As there is no UK definition for Manuka Honey and only a presence of Manuka is necessary to call Manuka Honey authentic under the interim New Zealand guidelines, it’s important that the consumer is aware they might not be buying a pure product

 MGO is methylgloxal which is responsible for Manuka's unique and very specific properties in a highly processed form [not from Waitrose] in hospital procedures. Its other alleged properties are largely unproven.

Why people buy this stuff is beyond me, its expensive and doesn't give any benefit the buyer can quantify or detect. It must be something else.

So for anyone about to pay over £30 for a jar of manuka Honey, to quote someone also from the punk era ' Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?'