What a pitiful state our education system must be in that the Government has permitted McDonalds, that leviathan of the healthy fast food industry, to issue diplomas that are equivalents of A-levels.

I find it a bit amusing that having a mcjob might enable a person to get to University when I did it the old fashioned way, stayed at school, completed my A-levels instead of going out into the world at 16 and earning a living. It does make you wonder what they might go to University for – perhaps a degree in fast food service, or a BA in fast food shop design?

Just imagine the howls of laughter (or actually more like woe) from the halls of academia when fellow students learn you have a ‘diploma’ from McDonalds. O woe, o woe is thee.