There was something of a stooshie at the turn of the year when Tunnock’s revealed that it was removing the lion rampant from its packaging in a bid to sell more teacakes south of the border.
A certain minority of Scots took what could only be called the hump at this, and began a laughable attempt at a boycott. A London Underground campaign highlighting ‘The Great British Teacake’ could have been seen as an attempt to expand a Scottish icon, but in a post-referendum Scotland it’s important to not politicise such decisions.
This is probably why Boyd Tunnock commented: “Everybody has their own agenda and is entitled to their own opinion. I’m a Tory and I tell everybody that… we had a referendum here and 55% of Scottish people wanted to be in Britain and that’s why we’re calling it the British tea cake.” So there.
