Well, it seems after much uhmm-ing and aah-ing that Scottish and Newcastle are to close Newcastle Breweries and move production of my favourite beverage to The Federation Brewery in Gateshead.
They recently shut down the Fountainbridge brewery in Edinburgh, which I thought was their last Scottish premises. Which begs the question – under current loopy EU regulations that say we can’t have Cornish pasties unless their made in Cornwall, Cheddar cheese unless it’s made in Cheddar, Jaffa Cakes unless they’re made in Jaffe (probably)… does the company have to rename to “English and Gateshead” and change the infamous “Bottle of Dog” label to read “Gateshead Brown”?
Probably not as long as the keep the any instance of the colour black that is on the label the correct shade of black. Oh, and change the blue star to pink because bule is pffensive to penguins (that’s about as silly as I can be at the moment).
I’m not a devout Eurosceptic, quite the opposite, but I agree that some of the rules are a bit silly.
C