The BBC analyses Count Binface's £1.10 Croissant Price-Cap

Clip taken from the wonderful BBC Radio 4 series More Or Less, presented by ace analyst Tim Harford.

[@l.a.wright6912]

I cant believe he slandered you so bad by calling you 'satirical'. When You are the only candidate worth actually paying attention to.

[@vanwallgt1]

GOATed comment

[@yusaki8064]

I mean he called Binface satirical and then proceeded to do the most serious and in depth analysis of Binface’s policies. I feel like he did a good job here

[@ethzero]

​@@yusaki8064 Balanced

[@christinavuyk2026]

Absolutely 😂

[@SheeplessNW6]

Typical BBC bias: calling the Count "satirical", but not referring to Nigel Farage as a joke.

[@boiledelephant]

"Like those tiny croissants you get in hotels?" "Exactly." "They're terrible!" "Yes."

[@trialsted]

This was some of the best journalism I've heard all year

[@erasmusmusiccentre1387]

Sheesh, what a shock, the Big Butter Corporation telling us Count Binface's policies shouldn't be taken seriously.

[@another3997]

To be fair, the BBC refuse to butter up any politician by telling us to take their policies seriously, because so many of them are of marg(inal) value. I can't believe it's not butter, sorry I meant BETTER, to take Binface seriously... he has an honest face.

[@MrMmnngghh]

I don't know why "how do you define a croissant?" knocked me over but it did 😹

[@Demun1649]

It is likely that you are English, and therefore uneducated in quality food.

[@chrissanders1027]

Sensible policies for a happier Britain .

[@HatstandTuesday]

Compulsory asparagus for the under fives!

[@ThePtersues]

Tougher sentences for geography teachers

[@HatstandTuesday]

@@ThePtersues I now call on the leader of the opposition to test me on my Latin vocab.

[@Blackadder75]

@@HatstandTuesday I am so happy that people still use and recognize these obscure quotes.

[@robng15]

It just wouldn’t be Britain without these quality candidates! I say Britain as I don’t think the bin fire that is Northern Ireland has these type of candidates, unless you count the DUP 🦖🦕.

[@clivemortimore8203]

I am not paying London prices for a croissant, £1.10????

[@markiliff]

As well as the entertaining lesson in economics, I love the undeclared war between Harford and his guest over the correct way to pronounce _croissant_

[@nicholasburns7970]

A rather fun way to explain a complex economic issue

[@Aldo_Regozzani]

This man has more awareness and knowledge about economy than the whole tory party put together!

[@ryuuguu01]

That is like saying he can high jump over a limbo bar.

[@Stuntman707]

Nice to see the BBC talking about such pressing issues on politics and erections on the same show. They must be having a laugh right? Tesco right now are selling a multipack of all butter croissants at 25p each. If the coffee shops were so worried about making a loss, they should start shopping at Tesco.

[@MrMmnngghh]

So how's that job at Tesco working for you?

[@PhillipParr]

Those multipacks DO use a different formulation, to increase shelf life. It makes them chewy rather than flaky, and I think everyone only makes the mistake of buying them once.

[@acciid]

I think even on the packet it says "croissant" with the inverted commas.

[@cogboy302]

Not sure I've ever seen/heard a programme on the BBC which focussed on erections.

[@MrMmnngghh]

@@cogboy302 "Coming up next on your Radio 2 Sunday afternoon, it's Rylan with Wang Of The Week"

[@mattpreece6106]

Binface is being taken more seriously than the LibDems. Great policy and PR

[@ed1gorey]

I am confident that the Count has researched correctly the economics of his policy and that it is like his Labour competitors fully costed.

[@tomfinney3416]

alot of the mega industry that is french curly bread making goes in salary to the bosses , so to make this policy viable we got to pay the bosses peanuts but enough to buy some french curly bread

[@aweescotsdog8358]

Mega? Make Eclairs Great Again?

[@tomfinney3416]

@@aweescotsdog8358 when wasnt an eclair great ?

[@papamurrth1]

When can we expect the next podcasts, Count?

[@davidchilds9590]

As some will know, Count Binface's statistics are monitored by a real mathematician, so that should keep Tim Harford happy!

[@MrJethroha]

learned something new. the government could buy every single citizen one croissant a day and increase total spending by less than 3%. that is surprisingly economical. i could see a roman emperor passing that reform day one in office.

[@philthrelfall5294]

A far more serious & considered analysis of the Croissant Price Cap policy, than anything on Laura Kuessberg!?

[@pzboyz72]

As long as Jam First rules apply to Croissant consumption then the association with a Cornish Pasty is proper inna.

[@billykershaw2781]

The power of Irreverence....supermarkets pricing croissants at £1.10...Binfluence.....

[@billykershaw2781]

"Saturday after closing it was dark, me and Uncle Samuel were lying in the park, toes towards the moonlight, noses in the flower beds, but we know that what we saw, we saw...." John Lennon sang that to Jake Thackray.....

[@highpath4776]

Crossaint prices vary , with a co-op membership I can get one for 95p.

[@ThomasFrench-go9js]

Truly one of the issues of our time.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Yup, right up there with climate change and (perhaps) slightly more urgent and important.

[@loganiushere]

amazing

[@kael13]

Changing the world, one baked breakfast product at a time.

[@RachAndy100]

I'm glad that they saw how your policies flow from Shelling's economics. I haven't heard the Tories or Labour given such detailed praise!

[@arachne1960]

Surely the answer is to nationalise bakeries.

[@highpath4776]

99p for a flake I think is an increase (even if they are made in Czech republic now)

[@TheChodax]

Lidl do an excellent all butter croissant for 49p, freshly baked to finish instore at least 3 times per day. Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury would rather get PR from sticking to a made up price cap than actually sell at a fair price.

[@jak1590]

I always thought that the BBC were very binnist.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

Binnite, surely?

[@jackart011]

Hahaha very good

[@belbrighton6479]

More or Less is the best podcast because it helps me understand politics and the economy in an evenhanded way. During Covid it was essential.

[@bobo-cc1xw]

My fav croissants cost 3.60 but the size of a head. Is there some girth formula to be accounted for? What will people eat instead cake?

[@EmmaMaySeven]

What happened to levelling up the North? Where's the sausage roll price cap? Don't you understand the needs of ordinary earthlings? Count Binface is just another Westminster Space Warrior! He probably studied Politics, Philosophy, and Intergalactic Diplomacy at university and thinks he knows everything! He's no real world experience, no off world experience, no alternative dimension experience, nothing! Daddy probably got him a job at some Sigma IX dilithium trading firm straight out of uni. I also hear his wife's an octillionaire who owns seventeen star systems, so he's never going to be short for a sausage roll, is he? (Listed, I'm not an anti-Recyclonite either, so don't pull that card. My best friend's a Recyclon.)

[@aweescotsdog8358]

True, but it’s first past the post. It’s either him or the other guy. Tricky Rishi with the Try-Lie-To-Them crystals.

[@tomershachar9926]

Seems most of the issues are because of the suppliers. I say nationalize the Croissant Industry!

[@RichWoods23]

We'll have no more of these regionally-based anti-competitive franchises, which achieve nothing but the siphoning off of good wholesome salt-of-the-earth British pounds to foreign croissant shareholding companies based in good wholesome salt-of-the-earth British tax havens!

[@aweescotsdog8358]

Galactisise surely?

[@stevereber3358]

In the US food price inflation aligns with The best corporate profits since 1950; and the Best Corporate MARGINS since 1950s, so another way is windfall profits tax, or investigations into price gouging including public shaming and National boycotts, nothing wrong with a 2 or 3 pound gourmet croissant (think sweden) but like the bread and roses revolt or union movement, basics should be affordable to all.

[@markthomasson5077]

Hope this doesn’t come in …Lidl will be putting up their prices

[@mattsandilands6380]

I’ll be starting a croissant farm in my loft the day after the election.

[@eddjordan2399]

beats the conservative and reforms plans.

[@Cancun771]

All I want is for Count Binface to beat Sunak in the polls.

[@RichWoods23]

I would put a bet on that actually happening, but, you know...

[@DIYTinkerer]

Sunak is so out of touch he hasn't even mentioned cefax

[@highpath4776]

@@RichWoods23 are you a insider ?

[@sfactory8253]

Ironically he might save his bacon by splitting the vote if it's close .

[@mels8966]

@@DIYTinkerer Sunak is an Oracle man, I think.

[@KusacUK]

I was holding my laughter quite well until 1.5 croissants per person per day was described as “a lowball estimate”.

[@Demun1649]

I never eat less than 4 a day. With Bonne Mamam Raspberry Jam.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@Demun1649 Fewer than four a day.

[@Demun1649]

@@stephfoxwell4620 WHY? Some sort of anti-EU thing? Or just the usual English hatred of the civilised French? 😁😁😜😜

[@usget]

@@Demun1649 you are absolutely living your best life there

[@crimson-cloud]

Croissant Georg was an outlier and should not have been counted

[@FutureKnut]

I love that they got an actual PhD economist to the talk about the policy XD

[@kieranharwood7186]

It's a classic trick of taking a humorous idea and using that as a basis to launch into some interesting discussions. Done right, it works in the classroom and, I think, was done quite well here.

[@djhoremans3365]

How do we know that is not an official BBC Satyrical Phd Economist pundit ?

[@fatbelly27]

Why are the BBC not exploring the reintroduction of ceefax?

[@nickrails]

The thinking man's Internet

[@KelculesIII]

BBCOS they can't CEEFACTS..

[@theohercules1943]

What is ceefax?

[@acciid]

While I miss Bamboozle at much at the next guy, Ceefax was dependent on analogue TV signals. Yes, you could introduce some sort of alternative using modern methods - perhaps a means of displaying pages of text with some sort of modern internet protocol - but it wouldn't be the same.

[@Rachel_M_]

Just tell them ITV are bringing back TELETEXT 😉

[@adewhite731]

Imagine a prison conversation: What are you in for? I got caught dealing croissants…! 😂

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Should be for life, black market pastries are a very serious matter.

[@skasteve6528]

@@RichardFraser-y9t Crumbs!

[@robcrane3512]

If people can't respect breakfast laws, frankly they deserve to do porridge.

[@SimonFrack]

@@robcrane3512👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@bigjobbies]

Sorry but there would only be a black market if prices were artificially raised by a tax, like cigarettes. a price cap is the opposite

[@Clive-js8ej]

The Count gives his opinion on an important matter once again. Breakfast means breakfast and he's going to make a success of it!

[@PeterGaunt]

Most definitely!

[@tessjuel]

But it's *French* breakfast!!! Why is nobody talking about price caps on black pudding and baked beans? And Marmite???

[@J.Stuart]

Is a croissant a hard breakfast or a soft breakfast?

[@helenchelmicka7894]

😅😅😅​@@J.Stuart

[@peterrenn6341]

@@J.Stuart It is oven ready

[@Teddysounds]

Count Binface, my son suggested a new policy. Ensure that everything in Poundland costs a pound. It seems to me a sound policy - as a pound, indeed.

[@MrMmnngghh]

As much as I'd like to back that policy, I'm rather fond of their 75p range

[@tomsixsix]

I'd also like to see a 99p coin introduced. As well as a 3p coin which is smaller than both 1p and 2p combined.

[@peterclarke7240]

But bigger than the 5p coin, to ensure balance.

[@Blackadder75]

@@tomsixsix do you still have those coins? 2p was my favourite coin 40 years ago, on holiday as a young boy because you could have a whole bag of 'pirate treasure' for only 1 pound. I think we hauled a whole bunch of them back home to keep as play money

[@justinf1343]

😂😂

[@hunacean]

I'm from Hungary and the price cap did indeed cause a shortage of basics like you wouldn't belive. It is very impressive though, how you were able to force Tesco's hand just by a manifesto alone. No wonder you could conquer all those other planets. Who says that the invisible hand of the market couldn't be turned into an intergalactic fist.

[@RichWoods23]

A neutronium fist in a velvet glove.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

It helps when you can wield a Beskar Death Stick in one hand and a Venusian love carrot in the other.

[@PH4RX]

You force their hand by appealing to the court of public opinion. That doesn't mean the other mentioned adjustments aren't also in effect.

[@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682]

@@PH4RX another way to increase the effectiveness of price caps is to nationalise the food industry and simply increase supply.

[@PH4RX]

@@namethathasntbeentakenyetm3682 Let's entertain that thought: The food industry is nationalised and the government increases supply. They need more resources for the increased supply. Where do they get those? Are the butter and flour industries also nationalised? Sure, they are also food so let's go with that. The butter and flour industry is nationalised as is the milk and wheat industry. Where do we herd the additional cows and grow the wheat though? Do we nationalise the land so we can use it? Ok, the government has deep pockets so they can just throw money at it - but that means they are either not spending it on other things or they increase the debt.

[@patrickl2195]

It sounds to me that what is needed is croissants uniformly produced to a rigid recipe, a British Standard Croissant, if you will. And that this would have to be done by an organisation that was overseen by, but given modern views on such things, not actively run by, the government. Perhaps we could call it the British Baking Corporation.

[@JJVernig]

A good BSC sounds nice. Maybe something they could do on Europe level 😅... The French probably have had a standard for years. The CSF (Croissant standard français).

[@AlexWorrell]

I'd like to see a British Standard Croissant just to piss off the French lol. It would, of course, have to be pronounced Cross-ant.

[@peterrenn6341]

@@JJVernig All joking aside, I woudn't be surprised if such a thing already exists. The French are very hot on protecting and defining their cultural icons.

[@rutgaurxi7314]

​@@AlexWorrell We've been pissing off the French for the last 1000 years, what's another 1000😜

[@another3997]

​@@JJVernig By law, a regulation French croissant has to be at least one frog's leg long, weigh at least as much as 5 standard snails and has to be inspected by Jacques Clouseau, or his Minky. 😂

[@mickbrilliantfootballeroft327]

Establishment worried about Binface.

[@chef9043]

The debate has transversed from what is a woman to what is a croissant, you are truly making galactic political movements Count!

[@peterclarke7240]

To be fair, the "what is a woman" debate was always on somewhat shaky ground, given it could be derailed quite quickly by simply asking "yes, but what does a woman look like, and who in the name of all that is Heavy Metal is volunteering to check everyone's genitals while they're on a hair trigger because everyone's busting for a wazz?"

[@Redkitt3n14]

[@Paul95959]

"Binface wouldn't stand for this!"

[@Dere2727]

This was actually really informative. A lot of populism relies on policies that look really intuitive but don’t work in practice, so having the public understand why they wouldn’t work is good.

[@thebrowns5337]

The public don't listen to a radio programme on statistics. They don't do detail. They just read headlines and regurgitate in their echo chambers... this is how the Tories got in (remember Cambridge Analytica, the psycologists and targeted advertising on Facebook?) and stayed in for 14 years despite blatantly taking our money and selling our assets all to feed the bank accounts of their mates and donors. The public are mostly quite simple folk. And we wonder why the tories always mess education up when they come into power - keep the folk simple and keep them distracted.

[@dougm24]

Count binface, I demand you define a croissant and what will happen to croissant smugglers. Otherwise this election run will seem like a joke

[@tomfinney3416]

french curly bread ,i mean ffs my nan knows that and she aint ever left the village , stop mithering binny with these daft questions lol french curly bread

[@stephenlee5929]

This policy will cost every baker £2,094 in extra tax.

[@GotSpaceGame]

@@dougm24 Kier Starmer smashed loads of croissant snuggling gangs when his dad was a toolmaker in the CPS...

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

@@stephenlee5929 How? Tax is based off of income so unless croissants are currently less then £1.10 and they are going to use this as an excuse to raise prices it shouldn't cost them more in tax. It might cost them in profits without some form of government subsidy but that will actually mean their taxes go down.

[@stephenlee5929]

@@FakeSchrodingersCat have you been watching UK politics at all this month?

[@antonycharnock2993]

Behind every joke there is a serious point. VOTE BINFACE!😂

[@cp4512]

I’d definitely vote Bin Face before Tory or Liebour! 😂

[@peterrenn6341]

With the exception of Farage. Nothing serious behind that joke.

[@freynlives]

Sod the croissants, I'm here for the 99p flakes!

[@clivemortimore8203]

Even if they are pushed into your ice cream by someone who hasn't washed their hands?

[@cunninglinguist-hu1dz]

I'm all for Freddo the frog bars being sold for 10p

[@EdEd-k7q]

i remember when a 99 was 20p

[@chrissanders1027]

Sod that a croissant and a flake for £1.99 yes please.

[@markjlewis]

Should there be a discount for a double 99 cone? Where do you stand on sauce on ice cream cones with 99 flakes, strawberry or chocolate? Personally I feel that chocolate sauce compliments the cocoa delight of the flake.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

There will be croissants that cost £1.10 and then the we'll see the arrival of phonetically-spelled variants such as kwassongts, crassawnts and others at higher price points.

[@krissp8712]

Don't forget the quasó of Japanese fame.

[@skasteve6528]

I'm calling this fake. You claim it is a BBC programme, yet where was Nigel Farage?

[@peterclarke7240]

He's trying to work out who to blame for the fact he failed to vet himself.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

Plus no mention of slavery or climate change.

[@philthrelfall5294]

I believe Fartage is boycotting the BBC, after the Question Time audience was horrid to him!

[@thesandwich5321]

I don't think he can come out during daytime, his skin might errupt in flames.

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@skasteve6528 And no mention of slavery or climate change.

[@YouTubemessedupmyhandle]

He’s seeming to imply you are neither a serious candidate nor an intergalactic space traveler. They’ll be implying you’re a paid actor next…

[@aweescotsdog8358]

They will need to prepare for intergalactic ob-litigation.

[@smalltime0]

Its all jokes and satire until you go to dry your hands in the men's lavatory at the Crown and Treaty (Uxbridge)

[@stephfoxwell4620]

@@smalltime0 So close to the urinals. It's an absolute disgrace.

[@user-s1o3nr532]

His best and most important manifesto pledge.

[@another3997]

You should try washing your hands in the Thames... that's where you'll meet up again with your recently released bowel content. You might see some representatives of Thames Water floating by too.

[@RichardFraser-y9t]

Life imprisonment for black market croissants.

[@evelynwoolston7]

Let us hope we can end the cruelty of croissant trafficking

[@MerseaClive]

Totally agree. I've always thought overpriced croissants should be sent back from where they came from and if Binface comes to power this nonsense will finally end 👍

[@peterclarke7240]

Calm down, Farage. Leave the market croissants out of this, black or otherwise 🤣

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

I know it is unpopular for obvious reason but in this case I think we should really consider bringing back capital punishment.

[@another3997]

Yes, but exactly how long does a black market croissant live? Will we have room for them all in our prisons? Will they get mouldy and be released early on compassionate grounds? 😉 Maybe a croissant penal colony? Send them all to Australia... it worked once before. Or maybe cover the evil croissants in snails and send them through the channel tunnel to France. That would really annoy the French. 😂

[@ShiftyGeeza]

Satirical candidate? If we had a Presidential system I'd vote Count Binface for President. And I'm not joking either.

[@Six6ix]

The UK is so unserious 😂

[@MostlyPennyCat]

We're very proud of that too.

[@adewhite731]

Have you seen what been going on in the USA for the last decade?!?? 😂😂😂

[@Gramsci]

This is hard to get if you don't live here, but satirical candidates have a long history. I'm not from the UK originally but this is kind of charming.

[@antonycharnock2993]

VOTE BINFACE!😂

[@nickrails]

How dare you! Good day to you sir! I SAID GOOD DAAAAYYYY!!!!!

[@iamdmc]

Count Binface's candidacy is more real than Rishi Sunak's

[@elloco1996]

At Albert Heyn, the nearest Dutch equivalent of Waitrose, the most expensive croissant (with, among other stuff, chocolate praline) is 1.19 euro. All others are way below 1 euro.

[@MrMmnngghh]

Yeah but that's in the Netherlands where food is tasty and affordable

[@LeafHuntress]

@@MrMmnngghh And we have Teletekst.

[@JoButterwick]

Ah yes, but we have rampant inflation in the UK and the value of the pound dropped drastically following the (please don’t mention Brexit) referendum.

[@verskarton]

@@JoButterwickIf you ask kindly we could add your kingdom to ours. We merch our monarchies to reduce costs and raise the taxes for Unilever and Shell.

[@petertaylor4980]

It was popular enough in 1688 that it might work again.

[@ComeRee]

Imagine: July comes and goes, all the elections are over and in the HoC chamber - the camera pans across a sea of new and old faces... When the camera pans to a solitary Bin - not stationary, NO SIR-NO WAY! - This Bin: Representing his constituency and fighting for common morality and sense. #VoteBinFace

[@RichWoods23]

Fighting for common morality, sense and personal laser weapons.

[@another3997]

​@@RichWoods23Don't forget Ceefax and Phoebe Waller Bridge... these are important matters that no other party dare mention.

[@oliverholland7236]

I am very happy, and it makes me proud to be English, that they have invited a legitimate economist and professor to discuss the pros and cons of Count Binface's manifesto.

[@iamfinkyuk]

Or to paraphrase Dave Dowman from 2001, "My God! It's... full of lard!" 😂

[@Anonyomus_commenter]

I would like to clarify something- when you say 99 flakes are to cost 99p, do you mean 99p for one flake, or 99p for 99 flakes?

[@highpath4776]

I hope he means a 99 ice cream is 99p ( actually present prices seem to be Cone £3 with flake £4)

[@CyclingSteve]

You have sparked a debate, rents and basic foods should be price-capped.

[@Mcgoveny]

A satirical candidate? They are all satirical candidates.

[@josephteller9715]

Sounds to me that Count Binface has pinpointed a definite place where the markets were indeed price gouging their customers and when exposed they folded the price down to the price cap he presented. Sometimes the only way to deal with bad behavior by corporations when they are misleading the consumer is to shame them publicly. Thank You Count Binface!

[@adriennesaracen6525]

Satirical candidate? No, the best of the best!

[@CollectiveWest1]

Well done to Count Binface for highlighting a vital issue although I am more of a pain au chocolat addict. Even more applause to BBC 'More or Less' for using it as a prompt to discuss the economics of price caps.

[@jameshosking8541]

It's such a shame I couldn't vote for count binface since I don't live in London :(

[@tomfinney3416]

he is standing v i got richi of the world economy crashing sunak , thats in north yorkshire where some posh folk live

[@simonmeadows7961]

He's not standing as a candidate in London. His target constituency is the other Richmond; in Yorkshire.

[@tomfinney3416]

@@simonmeadows7961 sounds almost norman doesnt it , rich mound

[@another3997]

​@@tomfinney3416 I met Norman once... nice chap. He's quite partial to croissants and ceefax. 😁

[@tomfinney3416]

@@another3997 i heard he was nicknamed bar steward , neer met him though ,

[@MostlyPennyCat]

But is this intergalactic space warrior going to go see John Oliver again?

[@mh1593]

Is John in the UK again?

[@LeRoiEnJaune]

He DID just explain the past 14 years of leadership failings by the Tories; it wouldn't be unreasonable to spend a few explaining how a satirical candidate still attracted 20,000 votes in the mayoralty for the capital. (IE Labour's position is muddled and the divide between MPs and Party Leadership continues, the Lib-Dems are a walking joke who mostly differentiate themselves from centrist Tories/Labour by heinous color choice, Reform's views on the economy are demonstrably misinformed and they don't seem to care.)

[@MostlyPennyCat]

@@mh1593 He flew him over to New York didn't he? Back when he was a Lord.

[@mh1593]

@@MostlyPennyCat good memory. I'd forgotten about that

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

John Oliver… now there’s someone I never want to watch again!

[@chrissmith8773]

Are pain au chocolat included in this price cap?

[@chrissanders1027]

Yes it’s in his manifesto 😂

[@stephenlee5929]

I think that's a red herring, although he does mention something about water quality 🤔

[@RichWoods23]

@@stephenlee5929 Well, he'd have to if he wanted the herring to survive.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

@@RichWoods23My guess is they look more like smoked kippers these days. Not quite as savoury perhaps.

[@davidellis1355]

Why have you not been invited to a debate

[@roberthuntley1090]

Got a Monster Raving Loony leaflet through the door the other day (first time ever). Main policy is for mandatory brunch at work between 11:00 and 12:00 each day, sounds good to me.

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

See, even binface's economic plans will bankrupt us....... this would never have happened under The Monster Raving Loony Party........ I miss them😢

[@malcolmdarke5299]

It's worth pointing out that the United Kingdom (or at least England) has tried a price cap on the cost of food before - the Corn Laws. The legislation... didn't have nearly the effect that was hoped at the time - just like we saw with the change in the cap on university fees 13 or so years ago.

[@evelynwoolston7]

A croissant price cap? Oh the suffering that this would alleviate! No longer would you need to tolerate those nasty little plastic wrapped biscuits with your Colombian fresh-roasted, fresh-ground filter coffee!

[@rikmasasso]

The 2007 general election in Australia was notable because the sitting prime minister lost his seat in parliament. It can be done

[@Dave_Sisson]

That Australian PM was highly successful, he had served three terms in the job, Surely knocking off Rishi with less than half a term under his belt should be far easier? Vote Binface!

[@another3997]

Well, clearly he must have been standing, not sitting, otherwise the seat wouldn't have got lost in the first place. Someone swiped it when he wasn't looking! I bet he didn't even put a name tag on it. Seriously, if you can't trust a politician to look after a seat, how can they be trusted with a whole country?

[@TheDave000]

God bless the BBC for their important election analysis.

[@usget]

I must admit that I lost it at "there could be a black market for croissants"

[@matthewbain6306]

IDKW but this was legit amazing, very funny but some serious points made. Kudos to the BBC and viva Count Binface hopefully our new Galactic Overlord.

[@razzmatazz6478]

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[@stevewhitcher6719]

I'm so pleased you have gotten some serious coverage at last. If you do beat the PM i will volunteer to be your French style yeast risen laminated bread/ pastry inspector! And that is not a joke you dont need to win just beat him! Vote Binface!

[@cpuuk]

At least he's honest.

[@twatson4887]

You deserve More airtime than Fartage, your croissant proposal could shape the economy for years to come. I applaud your strategic planning.

[@aweescotsdog8358]

An Aero contains more oxygen than a Fartage (which consists mainly of ob-noxious gases).

[@robcrane3512]

The croissant market should be nationalised so it truly belongs to the British people, which would allow not just the price cap to be achieved but would also serve to "stick it to the French", which should ensure the nationalisation wins the support of the national media. Ne vous inquiétez pas, mes amis, vous pouvez avoir le « crumpet » en échange.

[@gvigary1]

Labour to announce the formation of "Great British Viennoiserie" to promote innovation in breakfast pastry supply. New Bake Off Secretary Gen Kitchen promises Levelling Up for the North with the launch of the black pudding croissant. Her team consists of Neil Coyle, Minister of State for Danish Pastries; Gill Furniss, Minister for Ovens; Liz Twist, Turnover Tsar; Matthew Pennycook, Food Pricing Commissioner; and Zara Sultana, Junior Minister for Fruited Breads.

[@Aldo_Regozzani]

If you were in the eu, you would have regulations on almost everything, even on what a croissant is. Just saying. :)

[@kiri101]

The fact the economist finds it laughable to define a croissant saddens me. Not only do we have relatively strong food safety and labelling regulations we have traditionally had a solution to the USA-style problem of low quality loophole foods: regulation and enforcement.

[@barnigranero5882]

He brought an "expert" on who can't even pronounce croissant correctly. Some expert. I am writing a Stern Letter now. Does anyone know Stern's address?

[@JP_TaVeryMuch]

Reminds me of Bush's noocalur back in the day.

[@barnigranero5882]

@@JP_TaVeryMuch Ah yes. Those noocalur bushes on Sigma 2. You could see them from orbit.

[@imaadahere]

As a Richmond and Northallerton constituent, im compelled to listen to this.

[@TheRisenPeopleEire]

They labelled you in one of their reports as a "comedy candidate" well not exactly in those words I am absolutely fuming they have brought dishonour on our glorious leader!

[@securityrobot]

The price cap will put the illegal Croissant dealers out of business.

[@and3583]

The UK government caps rail travel prices does it?? What at??? £1000 a mile????

[@ΑΣΔΦΓΗΞΚΛ]

Typical of BBC R4 "If everyone buys 1½ croissants a day" Not some of the guys in this Guardian post kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXLJXp-ua76EkLssi=F72YvMlklWVH8LzF They have no Idea, do they, Wheelie?

[@nickielouder5853]

And bring Back £1 Tea and Coffees

[@aweescotsdog8358]

£1 a tea bag? That must have been done already. Surely?

[@squeezyjohn1]

This presenter's voice sounds awfully like Count Binface

[@MerseaClive]

I was unsure about who to vote for but I definitely think it's worth giving Count Binface a try now I've heard this 👍

[@ECECECECEC]

Why is there no count bunface protecting the price of buns?

[@ethzero]

He's busy protecting the Bins.

[@highpath4776]

Standing in Banbury ?