Wetherspoon’s launch a Brexit manifesto on a beer mat
The pro-Brexit pub chain has launched a three point “manifesto” on beer mats, and people aren’t happy about it.
Today we've placed 500,000 beer mats in our pubs with a hard-hitting message on Brexit to parliament. https://t.co/ThcB7PdoGN pic.twitter.com/s2bWhMvx3A
— J D Wetherspoon (@jdwtweet) November 1, 2017
It’s not the first time Wetherspoon has mixed booze and politics, during the EU referendum campaign they printed hundreds of thousands of pro-Brexit beer mats.
Because I love propaganda with a pint and indifferently microwaved food. Drop the politicking, it just annoys people.
— Starsailor (@SailorOfStars) November 1, 2017
Worked in a Wetherspoons for a while and can assure you we weren't indifferent about fucking up your food. We were compassionate about it.
— Barry (@DenzelDark) November 1, 2017
Dear government, please allow me to continue hiring cheap labour
— Dan Wellman (@danwellman) November 1, 2017
When I was old enough to legally go to the pub my Dad told me to avoid talking religion and politics. It was sound advice. It still is.
— Pete K (@petekitching) November 1, 2017
Just makes me wonderhow means extra staff hours could have been used instead of printing this shit
— Philip Walker (@phil_walker) November 1, 2017
This is so ridiculous that I thought it was a parody account at first. 😂😂😂
— Slimer! (@Ecto1Fan) November 1, 2017
Wetherspoon’s chairman, Tim Martin, also came under fire.
You're a pub. Just a pub. Not a political party. Now bore off Tim. You're tiring me.
— Elgan Thomas 🇪🇺 (@elganio20) November 1, 2017
Tim would love a bit of deregulated chlorinated chicken served by cheap labour!!
— PeacefulAnarchist (@iwokeup2011) November 1, 2017
Not to worry, we’ve refined the beer mat to something most of us can wholeheartedly get behind.
