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T_i_B

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1. When I saw that picture...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 01:37 AM

Feb 2020

... I thought that it made him look like Dominic Cummings tea boy. Not a good look.

That said, I have seen people calling for Yorkshire Tea to be boycotted over this, and I find that exasperating.

It does however illustrate the perils of any politician endorsing any product or service. Politicians might want to appear more human by revealing their favourite brands, but all they achieve by this is more people boycotting those brands.

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Mad people blame a company because a politician drinks their brand of tea [View all] muriel_volestrangler Feb 2020 OP

When I saw that picture... T_i_B Feb 2020 #1

For those who call for a boycott... mwooldri Feb 2020 #2