tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post4416079078960804722..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: McDonald's and Labour "Snobbishness"Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61807380069095996532016-04-19T18:02:45.179+01:002016-04-19T18:02:45.179+01:00Damned if they do, damned if they don't... fro...Damned if they do, damned if they don't... from 2001: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1516214.stmBring Your Own Winehttp://bringyourownwine.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-18011778403758840892016-04-18T16:48:55.080+01:002016-04-18T16:48:55.080+01:00I presume each company that took up a stand was su...I presume each company that took up a stand was subjected to some sort of evaluation. So to presume snobbishness took place is, well, presumptuous and almost certainly a presumption with malice aforethought!<br /><br />To be honest even if McDonalds were a super employer and treated its workers really well there would still be good reason to ban them on the grounds that their product is unhealthy and that the party do not want to promote companies who have no concern for the damage their product does.<br /><br />This should not be seen as censorship because no one is talking about banning McDonalds from selling their unhealthy crap but a party should have the right to not endorse the company and its products.<br /><br />I would treat fast food in the same way as cigarette manufacturers. Banning them wouldn't be snobbish but a perfectly honourable and justified position to take. Banning cigarette manufacturers could be seen as an insult to all those people who smoke but seriously, tough shit.<br /><br />I would also ban the Sun newspaper because what fast food does for the body, the Sun equally does for the brain!<br />BCFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-43927303897172467842016-04-18T15:40:30.223+01:002016-04-18T15:40:30.223+01:00The problem, as the LabourList piece points out, i...The problem, as the LabourList piece points out, is inconsistency. Fine to have a policy but to apply it just to McDonalds does look like snobbishness.paulocanninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499916652508144662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-39010284094541964502016-04-18T00:35:18.500+01:002016-04-18T00:35:18.500+01:00Why should anyone be disappointed by the perpetual...Why should anyone be disappointed by the perpetually disappointing Wes Streeting? He is promoted above his abilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com