AIBU to do all my Christmas shopping at Iceland in protest at this ruling?

[LordEmsworth]

Iceland's "political" Christmas ad not allowed because it informs viewers of the effects of deforestation for production of palm oil

Highlighting destruction of the environment really shouldn't be seen as a "political end", surely?

Definitely NOT being unreasonable !
I think this year, this Mum is going to Iceland!
Well Done Iceland!

Why wouldn't you? Its so affordable!
Admittedly last year we got everything from there - turkey, potatoes, Rice, cauliflower. Cheese, carrots, sprouts, stuffing, pigs in blankets, parsnips, gravy granules, crackers, sweets, biscuits, chocolate, oil, you name it!
This year more than likely doing the same!

YANBU. Terrible that educating people about the environment impact of what we consume is seen as political.

I go to Iceland for all my basics since the palm oil information came out.
Any shop/company against the destruction of habitats is high up on my list to give my business to.

Their mulled wine and £1 mince pies are the best of what's available on the high street this year too! Waitrose £1 pies are awful in comparison!

YANBU!!

Political my arse.

It's not palm oil that is the problem, it's unsustainably produced palm oil. What everyone should be doing is switching to RSPO palm oil. Most supermarkets now use only RSPO palm oil in all their food products.
Palm oil is the most efficiently produced oil, meaning that if you switch to another oil you will be using more land mass to produce it, at a time when we are already using 1 1/2 planets worth of resources to sustain us.
But let's not let that get in the way of Iceland fudging the facts to manipulate everyone into shopping with them at Christmas.

Seconding ImFree Iceland's £1 mince pies are by far the best - I won't buy any others. They are far better than their "luxury" ones. Don't get what look to be the same ones in the 12 pack though. They aren't quite as nice as they are smaller and more pastry and less filling than the 6 for £1 one. I've already bought mine - only Xmas thing I've bought - because the date on the boxes was 4 Jan and I think others have cottoned on to them being the best as the last two years they sold out way before Xmas.

I think Iceland should be praised for their palm oil stance (clearly marked on the mince pies) and other big chains could learn something from them.

YANBU

It’s not political for goodness sake. Whoever rules that needs their head examined.

I thought political broadcasts meant for issues in which we can vote in the UK. We cannot vote on this.

What nonsense.

The ad can be found on YouTube though

YANBU. Good for them! I buy loads from there anyway. It's the only main food shop for 15 miles!

YANBU at all OP

Iceland is my shop of choice anyway but other little bits I might buy elsewhere , well, this year they too will be purchased in Iceland .

I saw that advert at the cinema but was so emotional I didn't realise who it was for, other than the orangutans. Time to share it and make it go viral me thinks

I'm with @StepAwayFromGoogle. Palm oil is a very complex issue.
I personally wouldn't shop at Iceland for meat/animal products because I can't believe that for the prices they charge any of them would come from animals that had been treated/raised ethically.

Iceland food is lovely. Their Majestics are gorgeous - well better than leading brands - and their veg is often the best quality on the high street, especially the sweet potatoes lately.

Oh goodness that's a brilliant ad and well done to Iceand for acting on the issue.

Plus bonus points for the use of Emma Thompson's voice

Iceland have a track record of being pro customer / pro environment.

Haven’t shopped at Iceland before, but that will change today.

YANBU

Right, definitely shopping at Iceland from now on.

Isn't political to stop the ad on the same basis, because it's preventing debate.

Have seen that a few times, but had no idea it was Iceland!

You can shop whereever you like. Why would you be unreasonable to do it in Iceland?

Iceland is really nice actually. Seconding the poster who said about the Majestics, I'm obsessed with them! My DS likes the chicken nuggets that are 50% sweet corn too.

I thought the add was great, important message and brought a tear to my eye.

The BBC had a great documentary on about the issue recently.

It shouldn't have been banned.

Oops, just seen that it's a Greenpeace & Iceland have "adopted" it.

It's not palm oil that is the problem, it's unsustainably produced palm oil.

Palm oil is a problem. It's disgusting in food, it makes it slimy. It's why most chocolate is inedible these days.

Angelil, that's the issue of thinking that if your paying more, then it's going to be better. Which has been found to not be the case. Just Google Waitrose farm animal abuse. That report is one of many.

StepAwayFromGoogle, the issue with RSPO palm oil is that it has shown that the production of it doesn't stop the reduction in Orangatan numbers, both sustainable and nonsustainable cause the same issues. The labeling isn't transparent enough and companies who break the rules have no real punishment put on them. Poverty for the people in the production side, had slightly less poverty. But it was still at an unacceptable level.

The answer is for us to eat less processed food. We don't want to hear that, but like all of our consumerism, we need to cut out what we can.