Inevitable double standards

Always galling, isn't it, when politicians exhibit double standards. When the G8 sit down to discuss not only rocketing fuel prices, but also food shortages and spiralling costs, it is inevitable I suppose that their multi-course banquet that follows would garner adverse press comment. We are all being criticised (rightly so) for throwing away too much food each and every week. This is becoming a major issue not only across global arguments about poverty versus consumer excess, but also on an individual basis for every household. How many bags of prepared salad are discarded unopened? How many yogurt pots thrown away because they are one day out of life? Far too many obviously, all accounting for waste of food, packaging and money on a massive scale. However, do we really expect world leaders to sit down to a parsimonious and frugal spread? Well, actually on reflection perhaps we should! Lead by example please.