I suppose Fred and his mate Bridge will be interested to hear they have gone on strike in the Amazon basin building that new football stadium. Presumably that's the fault of Amazon too.

Notwithstanding my comment about the company not being ethical over tax, if they wish to be seen as ethical, I fail to see why the rush to condemn their UK operation? As many have pointed out, solidarity and ethical purchasing is a minefield as it is. Be buggered if people are having fools make them feel guilty over the most popular shopping medium that most of us use. They employ a hell of a lot if people too.

If I saw evidence they were bad I too would prefer not to shop there but I fail to be impressed by anything I read here or elsewhere. I stopped using Marks &Sparks when Th*tcher openly endorsed them. But apart from thinking twice before buying Osborn wallpaper, which is silly cos we paint our walls, I'm not interested in playing games.

If emotional blackmail works then where does it end? When we have to buy our sustenance beans from the collective hippy in the assigned yurt?