[Liam-]

His poor Mrs if she buys him the wrong type of biscuits

‘Digestives without chocolate? You’re a pig, I am offended on behalf of all straight white men’

[Amy Jade]

Anything that pisses him off is fine by me!

[Oliver_W]

To be fair it is a bit tacky.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair it is a bit tacky.

done for "likes", masked by "charity"

hideous, shallow and damaging

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

done for "likes", masked by "charity"

hideous, shallow and damaging

Done for £$£$£$£

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by chuff me dizzy

Done for £$£$£$£

The profits are being donated to charity though?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

The profits are being donated to charity though?

To be fair the intention isn't necessarily always there to just be "let's get people in to buy one sandwich and donate the proceeds to charity". It's "let's do that and hope they get 4, 5, 10 other things too".

[chuff me dizzy]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

The profits are being donated to charity though?

Do you think M&S a multi billion company are handing ALL the cash over ? .... Really ?

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

done for "likes", masked by "charity"

hideous, shallow and damaging

It's only hideous, shallow and damaging to the people who hear the terms 'pride' or 'LGBT' and look for a reason to rubbish anything to do with them regardless if the reason makes sense or not.

Nothing like a straight person trying to dictate what is damaging to the LGBT when in fact, they seek to undermine it.

It's almost like virtue signalling...

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's only hideous, shallow and damaging to the people who hear the terms 'pride' or 'LGBT' and look for a reason to rubbish anything to do with them regardless if the reason makes sense or not.

Nothing like a straight person trying to dictate what is damaging to the LGBT when in fact, they seek to undermine it.

It's almost like virtue signalling...

Well said.

[Jake.]

Someone make a misshaped parsnip sandwich for Piers to keep him happy

[Liam-]

I think we can all agree that they’ve done it for social morality and publicity, if they really wanted the charity to have money, they could, if he had stopped at that I’m sure more people would be on his side, however, to get so outraged by something that is aimed to support gays that you demand a straight white male equivelent, is not only borderline bigoted, it insanely stupid, he needs to learn when to stop when he’s winning

[Vicky.]

Lettuce, gammon, bacon and tomato.

Keep getting random G foods in my head now

[Matthew.]

Has anyone said gherkins?

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Has anyone said gherkins?

No, because they’re devil cucumbers

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Liam-

No, because they’re devil cucumbers

They are lush

[Livia]

To mark the launch of Pride M&S have donated £10,000 in the UK and 1000 Euros in Ireland to LGBT charities. I'm not sure they're donating the profits of this sandwich. If they aren't they should, otherwise it looks like a marketing ploy with a tax break for a charity donation.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Livia

To mark the launch of Pride M&S have donated £10,000 in the UK and 1000 Euros in Ireland to LGBT charities. I'm not sure they're donating the profits of this sandwich. If they aren't they should, otherwise it looks like a marketing ploy with a tax break for a charity donation.

To be fair taxes are too high for big businesses anyway, so if the charity gets a big donation and M&S get a tax break, it's win-win.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

To be fair taxes are too high for big businesses anyway, so if the charity gets a big donation and M&S get a tax break, it's win-win.

I think if they're charging £3 for this sandwich they could give something? 10p? 20p? And in the scheme of M&S profits, I'm not sure £10,000 and 1000 Euro is enough if they're using this promotion over the whole summer, which I understand they are.

I suppose something is better than nothing... but it still smacks of a bit of a cynical marketing exercise to me.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Livia

To mark the launch of Pride M&S have donated £10,000 in the UK and 1000 Euros in Ireland to LGBT charities. I'm not sure they're donating the profits of this sandwich. If they aren't they should, otherwise it looks like a marketing ploy with a tax break for a charity donation.

Thats quite a pitiful donation really from such a large company. Better than nothing I guess, but they will make 10x that just off branding LGBT on something..most likely off more people buying overpriced mealdeals or something.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Thats quite a pitiful donation really from such a large company. Better than nothing I guess, but they will make 10x that just off branding LGBT on something..most likely off more people buying overpriced mealdeals or something.

I agree to the extent that I think the figures are surely wrong?? My shop (solo!) could make a one off £10k donation without it being a significant profit loss and that's WITHOUT the associated tax breaks . The entire M&S chain donated £10k?

And 1000 euros is just a joke. Pocket change.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I agree to the extent that I think the figures are surely wrong?? My shop (solo!) could make a one off £10k donation without it being a significant profit loss and that's WITHOUT the associated tax breaks . The entire M&S chain donated £10k?

And 1000 euros is just a joke. Pocket change.

Honestly, we had a bucket go round our office for Children in Need last year and raised £500+ It really is a cheap marketing trick for M&S, they could have given SO much more.

"Marks and Spencer has launched an LGBT+ sandwich to celebrate Pride and raise money for charity, but it has been met with mixed reactions.

The sandwich, which is available to buy in the UK and Ireland, is filled with lettuce, guacamole, bacon and tomato – to fulfil the LGBT acronym – and comes in rainbow-coloured packaging.

The supermarket released the sandwich to raise money for the Albert Kennedy Trust (AKT) – a charity dedicated to helping homeless LGBT+ youth – and BeLong to Youth Services – an organisation supporting LGBT+ young people in Ireland.

The retailer says it has donated £10,000 to the AKT and will be making a further £1,000 donation to BeLong to Youth Services."

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a8897631.html

[armand.kay]

the same man who calls liberals snowflakes has (in the space of a week) had a meltdown over percy pigs and a sandwich

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

the same man who calls liberals snowflakes has (in the space of a week) had a meltdown over percy pigs and a sandwich

It’s the age old question, does a snowflake know it’s a snowflake, or can it only identify other snowflakes?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by armand.kay

the same man who calls liberals snowflakes has (in the space of a week) had a meltdown over percy pigs and a sandwich

Time to start ignoring his tantrums and outbursts, I reckon.