(UK, humorous) A minor controversy of 2009, when prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of sidestepping questions about his favourite kind of biscuit during an online chat.
(UK, humorous) A minor controversy of 2009, when prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of sidestepping questions about his favourite kind of biscuit during an online chat.
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(informal, UK) A 2012 British controversy around taxation of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.
(UK, informal) A controversy involving a 2014 episode of The Great British Bake Off, in which a contestant threw his failed baked Alaska into a bin; the television editing misleadingly suggested that another contestant had sabotaged the dish.
(UK) A political scandal of 2009 in which Derek Draper and Damian McBride plotted to post false rumours on the Internet about the private lives of prominent members of the Conservative Party and their spouses.
(UK, informal) A 2012 scandal in which Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell was accused of swearing at Downing Street police officers and calling them "plebs"; subsequent to Mitchell's resignation, CCTV and other evidence was revealed which appeared to call into question some of the evidence against him.