Midget gems renamed by M&S to avoid causing offence

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Marks & Spencer has changed the name of its Midget Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism

Marks & Spencer has changed the name of its midget gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism.

 

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What about my MG Midget? 😱

Being tall I will counter this by calling for a rebranding of Cadbury’s “giant” buttons as I feel it makes people associate tall people with buttons

A decision is expected soon as to whether or not to drop Randy Newman's 'Short People' as the theme song..- Marks & Spencer has changed the name of its Midget Gems to avoid offending people with dwarfism

And the famous small car isn’t called the Mini any more…..

What's an elf?

what about Percy Pigs... aren't the 'woke' police offended? 👮‍♂️

Wait for it, here comes the 'political correctness has gone mad' brigade...

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