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Wednesday 4 May 2022

Maybe Spam counts as a 'value brand'



Buy 'value brands', cabinet minister says, as shop prices increase at fastest rate in more than a decade

A cabinet minister has been accused of being out of touch after suggesting that consumers facing the biggest rise in shop prices in more than a decade should buy "value brands".

George Eustice, the environment secretary, said that it would "undoubtedly put a pressure on household budgets" already facing soaring energy bills.


In a wider context we could ask if the Conservative and Unionist Party is a value brand. Or Labour, the Lib Dems or the Greens. It's a rhetorical question of course - none of them are good value.

Is a tin of Spam better value than George Eustice though? Could be but unfortunately we can't vote for tins of Spam tomorrow - we're stuck with the poor value brands.

5 comments:

Doonhamer said...

Let them eat cake.
I'm all right Jack.
Are there no poor houses?
Somebody must have "A modest proposal."
The cliches just keep coming.
He and his ilk are history.
A well pensioned, comfortable, directorship, sinecure filled history.

Scrobs. said...

Smiling Jim Callaghan started it all - the 'crisis' thing, not the Spam song...

A K Haart said...

Doonhamer - I certainly hope they are history but we keep voting for them.

Scrobs - I'd point the finger at Heath too.

dearieme said...

I thought the Wilson?Heath years must be the nadir of British politics, and then Toni Blair proved me wrong.

A K Haart said...

dearieme - yes, Blair almost made the previous nadir seem quite rosy.