Appropriately, during “Veganuary”, ethical veganism has been recognised by British courts as a philosophical belief and is protected under law against discrimination. Hopefully, this ruling will help Jordi Casamitjana’s unfair dismissal legal action. I’m not sure what I think of the term ethical vegan, though. As a vegan without the need for a preceding adjective, I don’t actually think of people who don’t eat meat or dairy for dietry reasons as actually being vegans. They’re people who currently eat a plant-based diet for their own (cough… selfish) reasons. Veganism is a compassionate belief that animals should not be exploited in any way by humans (the Vegan Society defines it: “Veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.“) So, I’m not someone who uses the term dietry vegan at all. But I guess the plant-based dieters are helping us get more vegan food. When I popped into M&S in town they’ve got a large end-of-aisle chiller full of interesting vegan foods. Shame they’re no longer selling the vegan lasagne or their vegan ice-creams any more.

I doubt the legal ruling will have any impact on the terrible “vegetarian” food that’s served up on teacher training days. I’ll still bring a packed lunch to work, thanks.

Finished watching Season 2 of Lost in Space this afternoon (Jan’s been under the weather so we didn’t go to Brighton as expected). I’ve enjoyed it, despite the couple of middle episodes that didn’t seem to move the plot on that much. Some of the action sequences have been gripping. I’m still not that keen on the design of the robot and much prefer the one from the classic sixties series. I really do like junk SF far too much.