Lyle’s golden syrup tin to have lion logo removed

Redhead56

Well “woke” is here to stay it’s never going to end. I have my golden syrup and black treacle tins in the cupboard they won’t go anywhere until I do! My cakes and desserts and black bread will never taste the same without them.

What is black bread please

And the dumbing down continues...!
Instead of teaching children the story that inspired the picture (& maybe discussing power/strength v sweetness with them) we have to assume they'll be traumatised...🙄

WHY? Are we being made to feel ashamed of our historical biblical heritage now? Absolutely bl**dy ridiculous! How far do we have to go with this? Where is the celebration of British ‘diversity’ these days?!

I read about this the other day and have to confess that although I always possess a tin or two of the stuff, I had never noticed the state of the lion!

It's a purely commercial decision. End of story. Haven't we got better things to discuss?

SeaWoozle

Nothing "woke" about removing a dead lion from a tin. Don't buy Tate and Lyle products anyway due to how they exploit sugar cane workers in Belize.
Look it up, it's very interesting. Lots of Tory donors. Awful company.

And don't forget that it's a biblical parable "out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness" so I'm surprised the wokist snowflakes haven't jumped on this cancelling bandwagon even sooner.

Scary the amount of people on here that have taken Gbeebies version of the word 'Woke' and ballsed it up....honestly, look up the word in a dictionary before talking Tory nonsense! Being Woke can only ever be a good thing!
By the by the only people acting like a 'snowflake' are those who can't cope with change. lol

Kittye

I thought it was a sleeping lion 😬

I did too…the age of innocence ?

vegansrock

I expect those complainers have a stash of gollies in their house too.

My stepmum does - and she's black!

It’s only changing on the newer formats; plastic bottles/pouring bottles/ individual portions. The original tins are remaining the same. All according to the report on the BBC website yesterday.

SeaWoozle

Christian Concern. Eugh.

Would you say the same if Muslims were complaining about something?

I am glad you remembered the story of Samson, Primrose. It's a pity if Bible fables are not told any more, However that it the fault of religionists who tell Bible stories as if they were history.
The fable of Samson and the lion is no longer politically correct so it is a museum piece. And the syrup tins are getting good prices on Ebay.

Mr Lyle who founded the firm was an old style Christian.

Honestly, I really object to the words “snowflake” and “woke”! We misuse the word “woke” constantly and it’s more about injustice, especially towards people of colour, than it is about offending people.

I think the whole rotting lion symbol is a bit disgusting and it doesn’t bother me at all that it’s being replaced!

I’ve never liked it - sort of a bitter taste (in my opinion)

I thought the lion was having a rest!

As did I alison never knew it was anything more than a sleeping lion

I m very happy to be ‘woke’ and what’s wrong with change ?
No wonder the lions sleeping he’s so blooming old had his day I think

Fairycakes

SeaWoozle

Christian Concern. Eugh.

Would you say the same if Muslims were complaining about something?

If they were radical and right wing, like CC are, then yes absolutely. Unlike some here, I follow various news/media sources, read different newspapers (national & international and even the ones I don't like!) and do my research as best I can before making statements I can't back up. The guy who runs CC is unkind, a stirrer and very definitely not a Christian in the true sense of the word. But that's just my opinion, though very much based on what I've read from their own media statements and scribblings.

Caleo

I am glad you remembered the story of Samson, Primrose. It's a pity if Bible fables are not told any more, However that it the fault of religionists who tell Bible stories as if they were history.
The fable of Samson and the lion is no longer politically correct so it is a museum piece. And the syrup tins are getting good prices on Ebay.

Mr Lyle who founded the firm was an old style Christian.

What do you mean it’s no longer politically correct?

When did bees make honey in a dead carcass? It would most likely be flies or maggots. Not so appealing.

I didn't realise that it was a dead lion .
I thought that that it was a lion stupefied by eating a quantity of syrup !
I hope that it isn't going to be another plastic bottle , which I can't open .
I either get my neighbour to open them or have to resort to cutting the tops off .
There's a lot of them - Listerine and
Hellmans bottles for starters .

Grantanow

It's a purely commercial decision. End of story. Haven't we got better things to discuss?

Clearly not. I mean, the decimation of Gaza, massive flooding in the Highlands of Peru, folk starving in this country and abroad. Nah, let's get our knickers in a twist about a bl00dy lion. On a tin.

Whatever next? Perhaps now that Parliament has fallen into such disarray HP should remove the Houses of Parliament from their HP sauce bottle?

Absolutely? Who is offended by a beautiful lion on a tin? Really!
If you don’t like it don’t buy it!
Really what is wrong with this woke world? Is the UK so obsessed ?

MaggieMay69

Scary the amount of people on here that have taken Gbeebies version of the word 'Woke' and ballsed it up....honestly, look up the word in a dictionary before talking Tory nonsense! Being Woke can only ever be a good thing!
By the by the only people acting like a 'snowflake' are those who can't cope with change. lol

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