Why, that is a chaotically random catalogue of things Haslam has decided to disapprove of, without explanation. Years ago, he’d rant as a moral arbiter in the Evening Standard.
One year a collection was put on a tea towel, and it went viral. Now he updates his list at semi-regular, but roughly annual, intervals.Trying to identify links between Haslam’s gripes would make deciphering the Zodiac letters look like conquering a sudoku.
Predicting what he’ll pick on would be like trying to forecast who will open the bowling for the Durham 2nd XI in 2052. As for getting annoyed by it?
The moment you do that, Haslam’s won. “This is not about ‘common’ in the hackneyed U and non-U sense,” he explained in The Telegraph once, referring to Nancy.
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