Tough cocoa, May. The National Trust is a charity funded by public donations to protect and preserve the country's heritage that would otherwise have been gutted and sold by Governments over the last century - particularly Thatcher - while Cadbury's is a commercial corporation that can do pretty much what the fuck it likes with their products. Neither are obliged to kowtow to you or anyone else in Westminster.
Then there's this...
I'm reminded of the exchange in Yes, Minister regarding the Eurosausage:
"This could be my Falkland Islands."
"Yes. And you could be General Galtieri."
Then there's this...
Quote:Meanwhile, a descendant of John Cadbury pointed out that "as a Quaker, he didn't celebrate Easter".
His great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Esther McConnell, said: "He believed that every day is equally sacred and, back then, this was expressed by not marking festivals."
She added: "I am glad to see that Cadbury and the National Trust are welcoming those of 'all faiths and none' to their event regardless of whether they call it Easter or not."
I'm reminded of the exchange in Yes, Minister regarding the Eurosausage:
"This could be my Falkland Islands."
"Yes. And you could be General Galtieri."
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
