There’s nothing in this universe more grating than graters. And not far after that, it’s a plucky, nasal, plummy West London twang. But while cut glass Queen’s English isn’t as sharp as it once was, with the likelihood of an Eton-educated PM around the corner, we’d better brush up on our uppercrust pronunciation just to understand what the shit he's banging on about.
Despite the image, the foppish class aren’t all bad. Take jaunty supermarket Waitrose (OK, so they’re part of the John Lewis Partnership, which Daily Mail readers will be horrified to learn is effectively a co-operative), who recently pulled it’s advertising on Fox News over blubbing moron Glenn Beck.
The move comes after shoppers, taking time out from writing stern correspondence to the Daily Telegraph, gave the Champagne socialist chain whatfor:
An angry Waitrose shopper who emailed the chain to express his distaste over its decision "to be associated with this particular form of rightwing cant" received an apology last week.
Not quite how I would have worded it, but I can see what they were getting at.
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