Maritime Hashtag Minute – Sunday 8th December 2024

Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at what’s happened the past 7 days and what was trending on Twitter with the Maritime Hashtag Minute. This week’s #MaritimeHashtagMinute was #Porridge after it was announced that Starmer’s Labour are to pass a law to stop junk food being advertised before the 9pm watershed. The outcry is that porridge should not be banned. View the Tweets below:

The law that comes into force next October to tackle childhood obesity also bans ads for products traditionally seen as healthy including muesli and porridge ⬇️https://t.co/dZRnIu9w3d

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) December 3, 2024

So we can drink #milk with #Bovaer added but my god kids MUST not eat #porridge! The government have totally lost the plot I’m sure sweeten porridge is better than junk food 😥 pic.twitter.com/g5FNmCBuBr

— rattycastle (@rattycastle) December 3, 2024

Surely not? If it’s just proper porridge oats then this is an absolute joke. I appreciate there may be brands pre loaded with sugar (but I still don’t think I it’s that bad) but healthy locally grown produce full of nutrients, protein and naturally gluten free- oh yeah and… https://t.co/oM2vnCxZU5

— Ben Aveling- Radmore Farm (@Radmore_farm) December 3, 2024

"Sweetened varieties of the breakfast favourite, like golden syrup and fruity flavours, will be prohibited from TV ads before 9 pm"
Porridge oats, fine. Variations with tons of additives, not fine.
Its not hard to get is it?

— Steve Harris (@SteveHa12771218) December 3, 2024

Porridge, whether sweetened or not, is not food. Definitely not healthy food.
It spikes your insulin, makes you hungry and contributes to you becoming diabetic at some stage in your life.

Junk food

— Danny (@danny_knight) December 3, 2024

When I saw just the headline Starmer bans #porridge in advertising - watershed I just thought ….

I eat porridge /oats almost daily and my son has since a toddler, I understand if it’s part of the ban junk food advertising & it’s ONLY the very sweetened & refined porridge..,… pic.twitter.com/kb6QIytJKc

— Gambling_time4change (@GTime4change) December 3, 2024

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