The Spectator, Andrew Neil and co-op

Original post by IbeIC123

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/04/andrew-neil-co-op-adverts-spectator-trans-transphobic-twitter/

I find it hilarious that all the right wing gammons are annoyed that a business expressed their free market choice to pull their advertising from the spectator. It was also done as a recommendation giving to them by their shareholders and customers. The people they really care about 😂😂😂

What a bunch of snowflakes ❄️

It took the Co-op all but 12 hours to u-turn on this I'm afraid!

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username402722

Andrew Neil? Wasn't he the interviewer that Boris Johnson was scared of and refused to be interviewed by?

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Original post by barnetlad

Andrew Neil? Wasn't he the interviewer that Boris Johnson was scared of and refused to be interviewed by?

We all know that Cummings was the puppet-master that decided Johnson wasn’t going to be interviewed by Neil. A Trumpian style move!

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Gundabad(good)

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Original post by IbeIC123

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/09/04/andrew-neil-co-op-adverts-spectator-trans-transphobic-twitter/

I find it hilarious that all the right wing gammons are annoyed that a business expressed their free market choice to pull their advertising from the spectator. It was also done as a recommendation giving to them by their shareholders and customers. The people they really care about 😂😂😂

What a bunch of snowflakes ❄️

When the people calling other people snowflakes are the snowflakes.

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IbeIC123

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Original post by Gundabad(good)

When the people calling other people snowflakes are the snowflakes.

Please explain how I’m a snowflake but the people crying about a free market choice aren’t

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Gundabad(good)

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Original post by IbeIC123

Please explain how I’m a snowflake but the people crying about a free market choice aren’t

I'm not calling you a snowflake.

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username4406682

As a Right-Wing Gammon™, I think the Coop have the right not to advertise in the Spectator if they disagree with its views on transgenderism and visa versa (ie the Spectator has the right not to take money from woke businesses).

This is exactly why I believe ”the freer the markets, the freer the people” - it's a free country and both organisations have the right not to do business with each other.

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Original post by Iñigo de Loyola

This is exactly why I believe ”the freer the markets, the freer the people” - it's a free country and both organisations have the right not to do business with each other.

And the more free people are to be exploited! Government intervention and regulation is essential to protect vulnerable people and to further social progress.

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Original post by Burridge

And the more free people are to be exploited! Government intervention and regulation is essential to protect vulnerable people and to further social progress.

Funnily enough I do think the government should intervene in the free market to ensure that consumers are protected and to ensure that the market remains free.

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Original post by Iñigo de Loyola

Funnily enough I do think the government should intervene in the free market to ensure that consumers are protected and to ensure that the market remains free.

What do you mean by 'protected' and what do you mean by 'free'? Not trying to be facetious here, just trying to pin your position down.

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