Many of our readers will be old enough to remember the fall of the Iron Curtain. UTC is old enough to remember it going up; so he is quite rightly outraged about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mentioning the Cold War to him triggers memories of the Hungarian uprising, the Berlin Wall, missiles in Cuba, and the constant threat of nuclear annihilation. And – tangentially – the fight he has with Mrs UTC every winter when she turns the central heating on.
So he was pleased to discover that Finnebrogue, which owns the Better Naked brand, has renamed its Chicken Kiev to Kyiv in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and has also pledged 50% of its profits to the humanitarian relief effort.
Keen to do his bit, and get something for his tea, he was all set to buy a pack until he found out the ‘chicken’ is in fact made from pea protein – a legume he has an irrational fear of.
So, rather than showing solidarity by helping Finnebrogue grow its sales, he jumped onto the Unicef website and donated a tenner instead.
In case anyone is wondering, unlike Chicken Kyiv, UTC is most definitely not better naked.
