The rising cost of Freddos has been getting the people of England's backs up for some time now but despite mounting public outrage, the government has so far failed to address the issue head on. I know, ridiculous.
However, in a shock turn of events, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken out on the Freddo debate, making his position on the matter glaringly clear.
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In an interview with football-focussed media outlet Copa90, the opposition leader was asked whether he thought there was a 'secret Freddo tax that we don't know about'.
"I think there is a very obvious motive: those that make Freddos know it's popular, so they're making a bit more money," Corbyn replied.
He added: "I think we need to examine this question in some detail and see if there is excessive profit-making by those who make Freddos - then they've got us to answer to."
The interview was part of the Show Racism The Red Card campaign, which aims to tackle the issue of racism in football.
Asked why the issue was so close to his heart, Mr Corbyn replied: "Football is the greatest sport in the world. More people around the world understand, follow or have an opinion on football than anything else. In almost any country in the world, if you don't know somebody, you can usually get a conversation going surrounding football.
"When [we] see a mixed team - black and white players - on the pitch, that's surely a message in society.
"Sport has got to be a safe place for everybody... The World Cup is the greatest sporting show on Earth and if FIFA totally, absolutely say zero tolerance of racism in any form during the World Cup, what a message that is for the whole world."
Mr Corbyn also reflected on last year's snap general election, rejecting the notion that the impact of the youth vote on the outcome of the election was 'a myth'.
"It wasn't a myth. It's the commentariat hitting back," he explained.
"When we were first elected for the leadership of the party in 2015, the commentariat were saying: 'It's impossible, you can't do it.' Then we produced a manifesto which was transforming. It was about investing in people, ending austerity, taxing the very rich more in order to pay for health and education and infrastructure and development.
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"They said: 'Impossible, nobody's ever going to pay for that.' And then in the election campaign we got the highest vote for Labour for nearly 20 years. And since then, they've been saying: 'Well, it wasn't really a youthquake at all.'
"Well, it was a lot of people coming together, young and old and so on. A lot of young people registered to vote for the first time.
"We cannot go on saying to young people: 'If you want to get an education, get into debt; if you want to get anywhere to live, get into debt; if you want a pension, get into debt.' Sorry, we as a society, should be investing in our young people. Yes, it means taxing at the top and I'm prepared to do that."
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