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Online political editor, Daily Mirror. I rise early to feed the beast of @mirrorpolitics. Story tips to dan.bloom@mirror.co.uk; DMs open

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    Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

    1/ If you’ve seen this “Tampons banned in Tesco” story, you might be interested to know how it unfolded. Tampons are NOT banned in Welsh Tesco! But it’s a perfect example of how overbearing govt guidance and a Twitter c**k-up can get wildly out of hand.https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tesco-apologises-after-wrongly-saying-22906623 …

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      2. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        2/ Tesco in St Mellons, Cardiff, had a break-in so fenced off an aisle of toiletries and other products - including tampons/sanitary pads - while police investigated.

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      3. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        3/ Shoppers then took photos of the cordon, quite reasonably assuming it was to stop people buying “non-essential” items such as tampons, which are most definitely essential (!!!), and were quite reasonably outraged.

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      4. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        4/ To make matters worse, Twitter user Katie said she was told directly (I think at same store?) that she couldn’t buy sanitary pads, seemingly because they were “non-essential”.pic.twitter.com/L7OvKBypPj

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      5. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        5/ To make matters *much* worse, Tesco then replied to Kate saying (incorrectly) that indeed, it had been told not to sell these items by the Welsh government. Cue full blown Twitterstorm, quite rightly you would think.

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      6. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        6/ The Welsh government intervened, correctly pointing out that its guidance says supermarkets can sell anything that’s also sold at a pharmacy. Tesco quickly backtracked on Twitter, and said that was correct.

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      7. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        7/ After a swift investigation, Tesco press office issued a statement saying the (a) its Twitter reply was a standard response that hadn't been properly checked, and (b) tampons were never actually cordoned off due to Welsh govt rules in the first place - only due to a break-in.

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      8. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        8/ So in summary, what Tesco got wrong was an incorrect tweet to a customer which swiftly went viral. But - the supermarket claims - the tampons were never *actually* fenced off due to “government rules”. And the government rules never said tampons should be fenced off anyway.

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      9. Dan Bloom‏Verified account @danbloom1 26 Oct 2020

        9/ None of that is to excuse the very legitimate anger and criticism of the "non-essential" items ban - which the Welsh government is refusing to abandon today. Nor is it to excuse Tesco's social media mistake. But perhaps suggests things aren't always quite as they seem! ENDS

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      2. Paul h16‏ @pongo1927 26 Oct 2020
        Replying to @danbloom1 @susannareid100

        The idea was to cut down on interaction.?..so the WG latest advice if you need something non essential, ask a member of staff, you couldn't make this up

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      3. David‏ @DGBAMCH57 26 Oct 2020
        Replying to @pongo1927 @danbloom1 @susannareid100

        ..so "non-essential" will depend on a member of Tesco staff to define???

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