Wetherspoons is ditching champagne for Brexit sparkling wine – the only responses you need
Everyone’s favourite pub chain Wetherspoons has said it will replace champagne with sparkling wines next month as part of a drive to stop selling EU-sourced drinks in the run-up to Brexit.
German brewed beers are also off the menu after its founder Tim Martin said he was ‘starting to make the transition to non-EU trade now’.
People had lots of questions, as you can imagine, and here are our favourite responses to this momentous moment online.
1.
Is there a big market for champagne in Wetherspoons?
— Wouldiwas Shookspeared (@BR0554RD) June 13, 2018
2.
Will they also be selling cut price Gammon?
— Fanxxxxtastic-Trada (@Fanxxxxtastic) June 13, 2018
3.
Turnip Chardonnay? Sprout Riesling? Cauliflower Rioja?
— Brian Tutt (@tutt_brian) June 13, 2018
4.
I see we’re at the part of Brexit where we drink turnip juice to own the EU pic.twitter.com/qDLPa0012V
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 13, 2018
5.
‘Wetherspoons’. ‘Champagne’. pic.twitter.com/Ghd33tjH7y
— Rex (@Walters_Rex) June 13, 2018
6.
Don’t be hoodwinked…thus isn’t Spoons getting all patriotic.Due to Brexit and the exchange rate slump imports are more expensive They are dressing up a business decision as a patriotic gesture.Common practice.
About as subtle as it’s all day breakfast— Tim Cannon #FBPE (@slimtimcann) June 13, 2018
7.
So no Guinness then…?
— Southpaw Boxing News (@SouthpawBoxNews) June 13, 2018
Another good reason not to drink in a Wetherspoons.
— Alex Millard (@millard85) June 13, 2018
8.
And crisp flavours from the 1970s will be-reintroduced to all Wetherspoon pubs. pic.twitter.com/O1tPFIzesY
— The Cave Dweller #FBPE #StopBrexitSaveBritain (@theCaveDweller2) June 13, 2018
9.
Oh please. Wetherspoons is just trying to avoid tariffs on alcohol and dressing it up as pro-British.
— Mark Sabah (@MarkSabah) June 13, 2018
10.
This is particularly inconvenient because many of the Britain-hating, Remoantard champagne parties are hosted at Wetherspoons. https://t.co/RE1aRJfJMg
— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) June 13, 2018
11.
Translated : Wetherspoons is a budget pub and can no longer look to sell increasingly expensive EU imports.
Thanks to the collapsed £GBP.
Thanks to #Brexit.
That Wetherspoons supported. https://t.co/XnudVvqDM9
— Far Right Watch (@Far_Right_Watch) June 13, 2018
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https://twitter.com/JulieOwenMoylan/status/1006809811030290433
13.
I see a certain pub chain’s PR team have earned their keep again.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) June 13, 2018
14.
‘How does your English “grape wine” taste, son?’
‘Oh god. Pretty Brexity I’m honest.’
‘THE CORRECT ANSWER IS IT TASTES OF SOVEREIGNTY YOU FUCKING TRAITOR’ pic.twitter.com/G8eV3wOpFi
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 13, 2018
Someone approved though …