colleague makes an astute point about how often UK political weirdness is tied to pig products - Starmer's sausages, Cameron, obviously, but also Miliband with the bacon sandwich, Truss and the pork markets - leading me to wonder if parliament is built on a feral hog burial ground

Somewhere, the Hogfather is nodding sagely.

In fact Parliament is built on the ritual sacrifice of animals but its goats not pigs. Every new piece of legislation Parliament pass is written on vellum, which is made from goat skin. So for every bill passed a goat must die.

All happening under the Butchers Apron

Never forget www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

QT viewers slam host for asking if Labour would 'nationalise sausages'

Question Time host Emma Barnett has been criticised online for asking Labour’s Angela Rayner if the party would “nationalise sausages” if they won the general election.

It’s based on the UK sense of humour. Piggy stuff ‘lands’ with the public like nothing else.

They're all in the pay of big parma