[Pink Pegasus]

Thanks for the replies.
I think you are correct joeysteele in saying that Harry (and probably Aaron too) have been getting fed up with Jay.
I think it might have started when Jay stashed some cans in the garden a while back. I also think that Jay was jealous of Aaron when he was getting so much attention over kissing both Maisy and Faye. He couldn't seem to get his head around it at all, as to why two very pretty girls showed more interest in Aaron than him. He said he thinks Aaron is a gameplayer "he's like a monopoly board" etc.

Aaron has already spotted that Jay doesn't like him, and as Harry is Aaron's friend, they have both probably spoke about things they don't like about Jay.
They both see that Jay seems to be one of the leaders of that little group, especially over Aden. Harry described Aden as Jay's little bitch or henchman.
So I don't think they like this at all.

I would probably feel the same in the house. I would not want to be a "leader", but I certainly wouldn't want to bow down and follow the lead of any "alpha" male or female either.
Aaron predicted right from the start that Jay would lose control over food, so I think sabotaging the shopping list was not really a jokey prank for the whole house, but a direct "F you" to Jay.

I also think that they only tried to ruin the task solely because Jay was the "boss". The task envelope said that the bossiest housemate would play the role of the factory boss, and Jay automatically appointed himself as this person, then picked who Harry and Aaron see as his "henchmen" to be his managers. If somebody else had been boss, I don't think they would have tried to ruin the task at all.

When ruining the task failed, the next thing they thought of was destroying the the shopping list. I know that Anton did dare Harry, but I think Harry had already been saying that he was tempted to ruin it anyways.

As I said Harry is one of my favourites, so I can kind of see where he was coming from. Himself and Aaron just really don't like the feeling that Jay might start acting like he is leader of the whole house, so did these things on purpose to get to Jay.

Jay seems to have reacted very badly which they knew he would, [I still have to watch the rest of last nights episode], but I still don't think that putting some boxers in food dye was as serious as everybody seems to think.
It was a purely vengeful act, but I think Harry and Aaron's actions were also spiteful and done deliberately to annoy Jay aswell.

I think it is just a power, control, and ego struggle, with both Harry and Aaron refusing to "step into line" under anybody.
I think the way Harry has so strongly reacted has shocked the other lads, and I think this is a good thing.
I think it is good, because hopefully he will have gained the respect of Jay and the rest, and they will see that he is not to be messed with.
I hope that this leads to a mutual respect between the two of them, and that they now start to get on better with each other.

I'm glad that Jay has apologized, and that they have hugged and made up. I hope that they are genuinely made up with each other, because I like both of them. I don't think either are bad fellas, just that they had a bit of a power struggle with each other, which is hopefully now resolved.