At Boris’s rally yesterday, (yes, that one), he was handed a scarf saying ‘Get Brexit Done’ from Derbyshire-based knitwear company John Smedley. Naturally, Remainers went absolutely bananas…
Immediately, furious FBPEers took to Twitter, disgusted a business might disagree with their economic outlook that more dither and uncertainty with a second referendum is precisely what companies desire.
@JohnSmedley Logic says c52% (the country now wants to Remain) of your customers are Remain. Big mistake. Huge.#BoycottJohnSmedley pic.twitter.com/fa7kPXFKNA
— 🕷choux2eu Esq. #FBPE #VoteTactically #GTTO (@choux2eu) December 5, 2019
John Smedley company just presented Boris Johnson with a Get Brexit Done scarf. Won’t be buying @JohnSmedley for a long time. And believe me, I’ve tons of their stuff. Tory Brexit Enablers.
— Monkey (@MonkeyPicks) December 5, 2019
The icing on the cake came when remainers spotted the company boasted just two days ago that their pullover had been worn by notable Labour-supporter Stormzy
PR nightmare continues at John Smedley hq. Sold out to a lying bigot and tagged the wrong Stormzy in your post… @stormzy for future reference.
— Jon Banthorpe (@NatSerious) December 6, 2019
At least the company found one new supporter – from Rachel Johnson who said she’s sorted her Christmas presents now…
Jeremy Corbyn was the star turn at the GQ Man of the Year awards last night, where he handed the Solo Artist of the Year award to rapper Stormzy. Jez praised Stormzy’s album Gang Signs and Prayer, after which Stormzy blasted Theresa May as a “paigon“. For those not up-to-date with street culture, “paigon” means “liar“, “witch“, “snake“, “snitch” or “enemy“. Alastair Campbell thought he called her a “pig“. Not sure which is better…
What is it with Jez and sharing platforms….
