Wickes

318 days ago

#BoycottWickes – the DIY store shoots itself in both feet in Pride Month

Having wondered which woke UK PLC would cause the most damage to its business with an idiotic gesture, I think we have an answer. It is DIY chain Wickes (WIX). Its shares are down by a couple of percent today, but the backlash is only just starting. #BoycottWickes is now starting to trend on twitter. So, what was the gaffe?

324 days ago

The National Trust celebrates Pride, my Bennite grandfather Sir John Winnifrith spins in his grave again

The month of June, now known as Pride Month, or a quarter of the 30% of the year appropriated by 3% of the community, is drawing to a close. Scenes of naked men flashing all at young children taken to parades in America this weekend just gone, by parents who should be in jail are all over the internet. I marched against Clause 28 but the overt sexualization of toddlers in this way is surely wrong? Or maybe my values just belong in the last century as the decadent est marches full steam towards Sodom & Gomorrah.

653 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: chatting to a whistleblower

I start with the Tory leadership contest. Aren’t they both awful?  Then I discuss chatting to a whistleblower. Then it is onto Reach (RCH), Toople (TOOP ) – surely the FCA must act – Wickes (WIX), Made.com (MADE) and the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME)