Fucking #Brexit is back to bite us in the arse again. And who is it hurting this time? The Marmite lovers. If you haven’t already heard or noticed that half of the country is panic-buying all the yeast extract they can get their hands on, we’re sad to break the news to you that Tesco’s and Unilever (the company who owns the Marmite brand) have had a bit of a bust up. In short, Unilever said that Brexit has taken, we quote (paraphrase/pretend), ‘bare pence’ away from them, so ‘soz Tesco, you have to pay up’. This bitch slap left a bitter, salty, yeasty taste in Tesco’s mouth, so in retaliation, Tesco hid all of the Marmite, Ben & Jerry’s, Pot Noodle and other Unilever products from their shelves. We actually think the staff have gone on a massive boozer, which resulted in some serious munchies and the need to create a big story to cover up their food regrets. But even so, the British are freaking out. And Twitter is, once again, a hilarious place to be.
At least someone’s happy… (Although FYI Bovril is supplied by Unilever too)
Believe ?? #Marmitegate pic.twitter.com/hxWvpjyEPw
— Bene Fits (@Bene_fits1) 13 October 2016
You can forget Leave VS. Remain camps. This has become a battle of Lovers vs. Haters
I was fine with the increase in hate crime, but expensive branded yeast extract is a step too far! #Marmitegate #Brexit
— Phil (@philmoore79) 13 October 2016
52% of people hate Marmite. We should respect the will of the British people and not have access to Marmite
— Bobby Friedman (@BobbyFriedman) 13 October 2016
And the #Haters are overjoyed
So @tesco has run out of Marmite. Best news to come out of Brexit so far #MarmiteGate
— Gary Bravo (@TheGaryBravo) 12 October 2016
The lovers have gone into panic mode.
British people panic buying #Marmite perfectly sums up the hysterical insanity of 2016. #Marmitegate#Brexitpic.twitter.com/Yt0DS4TkLY
— Tom King (@tallgeekychap) 13 October 2016
And Cameron is wallowing in further regret
If only Cameron had got to the end of his list for Remain, the referendum result could have been so different. #Marmitegate pic.twitter.com/U83P522I23
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) 13 October 2016
With #Marmitegate, other serious issues have been brought to the ‘table’.
everyone’s talking about #marmitegate but we’re forgetting about all the other spreads #allspreadsmatter pic.twitter.com/P4mbZdPjTz
— lara vaughan (@lara__vaughan) 13 October 2016
And Britain need to have a serious think about where we’ll be importing our goods from in the future.
“Is that Australia? I need some unlabelled Vegemite quick. Will pay any price.” #Marmitegate pic.twitter.com/sQx659wPBF
— Zorro P Freely (@banalyst) 13 October 2016
#Marmitegate. #2016. #TheWorldIsMad. Out.