High street store Lush brands the police "liars"

I’m really sad that Lush has behaved so inconsiderately and thoughtlessly. Overall they do amazing charity work and support many small worthwhile causes throughout the world.Their employees get paid time off to do charity work and their global workforce are all properly employed and paid. I’m going to carry on supporting them as I think their heart is in the right place and when you think of how Amazon for example treat their poor warehouse staff but I’d guess most GNers carry on using them and then all the clothes that are made under dreadful conditions in sweat shops in Asia. It’s very easy to get carried away on a wave of righteous indignation about this - they were wrong but do they really deserve to be forced out of business for this when the business environment we operate in is pretty corrupt in many hidden ways all around us? One other thing, Lush are unpopular amongst some simply because they pay above minimum wage and for all their ethical practices and charity work - they are constantly rated as one of the best companies to work for.

Indeed SpanielNanny. My son has joined the Labour Party because of Corbyn and he too has branded this campaign disgusting.

However, 'the company you keep' cmes to mind. If Lush is anti police, as their slogans and pictures on store windows would have us believe, I'd imagine Corbyn would distance himself and condemn the campaign. He hasn't, as yet.

Expect Corbyn didn’t know anything about this ? just as he didn’t know the politics of Jewdas Seder when he spent a very pleasant evening with them.

No matter their prayer ends with “Burn down parliament. full communism. Amen.

I am sure he enjoyed every minute

They’ve massively misjudged this haven’t they. I’m all for transparency in the police, and it is disgraceful the amount of time the enquiry is taking. I don’t think anyone will disagree that some of those officers in question did behave poorly. However the campaign is just dreadful.

It doesn’t shed light on the issue they are trying to raise, it barely mentions it. If you didn’t already know about it, their campaign does nothing to enlighten you. In fact the word ‘undercover’ is never used. They released a statement trying to explain it. Well I think we can all agree that if you have to release a lengthy statement in order to make people understand your window display, it’s not remotely effective. The old saying “if you have to explain your jokes they aren’t funny” comes to mind.

What bothers me most however is the impact it could have on young children, seeing the image of a uniformed officer and the words ‘paid to lie’ underneath it. For a company claiming to be so socially responsible, this seems anything but.

Oh and Day6, my Corbyn supporting ds and dil we’re absolutely horrified by the campaign. Perhaps we shouldn’t tar all those people with the same brush, anymore than we should all police.

I know that Lush claims that they are just campaigning against a specific police activity (undercover operations), but this is not immediately apparent when you see the police tape and slogans on their windows. I have police officers in my family, and they are working under more difficult conditions now than they have ever had, and so much stress. They've gone into the job because they want to make a positive difference, and they need all the public support they can get. This company has jumped on bandwagons before - I remember one product that seemed to glorify the London riots, which was quickly withdrawn - but they've overstepped the mark for me now. I've been a loyal Lush customer since their days as Cosmetics To Go, but no longer.

I believe Twitter and social media is full of messages written by angry (former) customers Chewbacca

Oh I'd forgotten about Ratners, but yes, this is another moment of foot-shooting.

I cannot believe many will support Lush's stance against the police.

I'm with you on this Day6. It seems like they had a Gerald Ratner moment when they decided to do this and I suspect it will harm them in the long run. Like you, they've lost my little custom.