Tesco suffers backlash in Scotland after staffer uses 2016 statement in response to question about Scottish flag

Retail giant Tesco suffered a backlash from Scots after its Twitter account erroneously posted a 15-month old statement about removing the Scottish flag from certain packaging.

by Sam Burne James

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