Yorkshire Tea calls for truce after chancellor tweet attracts abuse

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Company Twitter account bombarded with offensive messages after Rishi Sunak posts picture posing with brand
Yorkshire Tea has issued a plea to people to “try to be kind” after it received a deluge of online abuse because the chancellor was photographed with a large packet of its teabags.
The brand had faced a weekend of calls to boycott it after Rishi Sunak, the Conservative MP for the North Yorkshire seat of Richmond, shared the image with the caption: “Quick Budget prep break making tea for the team. Nothing like a good Yorkshire brew.” Continue reading...

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