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More sterling work from the Campaign for an English Parliament – just about the only organisation in the country that speaks for England.

Please read the full article and the previous one on the subject.

No protected status for Lincolnshire sausages it seems. From the Campaign for an English Parliament.

I saw an advert on TV for Asda the other day advertising sausages.

The images of the packaging in the top left of the screen showed Scottish and British sausages (including Scottish Lincolnshire sausages – isn’t Lincolnshire in England?).

I’ve emailed Asda asking if they could please explain where the “British” sausages are from and why they are labelled as British sausages whilst Scottish sausages are labelled as Scottish.

We already know the answer, of course, but you might like to do the same by contacting them through their website.

Has anyone else seen this ad?

Posted by Sara Box in the comments

One of my colleagues, Pam Treasure recently wrote to ASDA regarding the use of the English Flag as Follows:
Enquiry:

The England Flag is red and white NOT red white and blue. I am a fan of Asda but please, if your products are from England then please do not use the union flag, but the England flag of St George. St George at ASDA, has a great ring to it, don’t you think ??

Thankyou

Pam Treasure
English Democrats

And here was the response:

Hello Mrs Treasure,

Thanks for your recent feedback with regard to country of origin flags currently used on product labels.

We currently use the word “British” and a Union Jack flag on our Fresh Meat labels, to ensure our availability is consistent. The term “British” allows us some flexibility so if necessary we can use produce from different parts of the UK to ensure we can satisfy demand.

The word “British” and the Union Jack flag are well recognised by our customers. Research has shown the vast majority of our customers are happy with the “British” message, and the simple and bold flag design offers clarity at the fixture.

We also currently use “Scottish” and “Welsh” specific labels which are seen as a real benefit to our Scottish & Welsh customers.

Fresh Meat Quality, Welfare and Sourcing are vitally important the Fresh Meat Team at Asda and we are constantly striving to ensure we deliver the very best to our customers. As a direct result of your enquiry we will be changing our Extra Special Beef labels to include the word “English” and a St. George’s Cross.

Once again, thanks for contacting us.

Yours Sincerely,

Kelvin Edet
ASDA Service Team

Great work Pam. It’s a start – let’s hope they all follow!

Now might be a great time to get in touch with Asda to help ensure they follow through.

A very interesting post on the Campaign for an English Parliament website. Confirming suspicions that the main reason English made produce is displayed with the Union Flag rather than the Cross of St George is to pander to anti English prejudice in Scotland and Wales.

CEP Chairman, Scilla Cullen, recently wrote to Asda to ask why they were happy to sell produce bearing the Scottish and Welsh flags but anything English has the British flag on it.

The response was much the same as that previously encountered from Tesco and not entirely surprising. In a nutshell, if the English flag were put on items produced in England they wouldn’t sell in Scotland and Wales.

Ian Campbell, a member of the CEP National Council, wrote to Sainsbury’s asking much the same question and received the same response from Sainsbury’s – if English products were marked as English they wouldn’t sell in Scotland and Wales.

For years the British establishment have painted the English a group of nasty racists and bigots, linking English nationalism with groups like the National Front and the BNP whilst encouraging, promoting and even fueling nationalism in Scotland and Wales. Yet here we have the three largest supermarkets in the UK telling us that Scottish and Welsh people won’t buy English goods because they’re English but English people will buy Scottish and Welsh goods. Perhaps the British nationalists in the Labour Party have a different definition of bigot?

Disgraceful!

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