[Short, sharp whistle] Feet on the floor, soldiers in the war on Christmas! This morning, please look across the pond to the United Kingdom for an example of action that furthers our cause.
Every year, Coca Cola sends a giant, festive truck on a Christmas tour of the United Kingdom. (It’s got something to do with this commercial.) Well, one man is taking a stand. The BBC reports that Kevin Vaz, a diabetic and the MP from Leicester, doesn’t want that truck coming to his town.
“I know people like special things happening at Christmas, but Coca-Cola are coming to promote their product and in each can of Coke there are seven teaspoons of sugar,” he said, according to the BBC. “People will protest against the arrival of this truck and it will not be welcomed in the way in which I think they would have hoped.”
“The Coca-Cola truck is not welcome in Leicester, and this national tour to promote sugar-laden drinks is ill-judged and unwise at a time of record diabetes and obesity levels,” he told the Leicester Mercury.