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.
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5 comments:
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.
Smiling Jim Callaghan started it all - the 'crisis' thing, not the Spam song...
Doonhamer - I certainly hope they are history but we keep voting for them.
Scrobs - I'd point the finger at Heath too.
I thought the Wilson?Heath years must be the nadir of British politics, and then Toni Blair proved me wrong.
dearieme - yes, Blair almost made the previous nadir seem quite rosy.
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