UK minister attacks Ben & Jerry's 'virtue signalling' on refugees

James Cleverly criticises ice-cream company for Twitter posts about Channel crossings

The Conservative minister James Cleverly has criticised ice-cream company Ben & Jerry's for virtue signalling", after the company spoke out on social media about the plight of migrants and refugees attempting to cross the Channel.

The spat between the ice-cream manufacturer and the government began when the company's social media team published a thread about migrants and refugees directed at the home secretary, Priti Patel. Starting the real crisis is our lack of humanity for people fleeing war, climate change and torture", the thread pulled together a series of facts and resources about asylum seekers.