Topshop owner's
name released in
recent scandal

» Phillip Green suffers blowback from
accusations of bullying and sexual harassment

the store. Green later made a donation in
excess of £25,000 to UK-based charity Girls
Up. In response to this incident, Scarlett
Curtis, the editor of Feminists Don’t Wear
Pink, created the hashtag #pinknotgreen to
protest Topshop’s practices.

After this latest controversy involving
Green, Curtis has spoken out further
against the chain’s owner. Curtis claimed
that the accusations made against Green,
and his subsequent use of the injunction to
protect his name, spoke volumes about his
personal stance on feminism—something
Green also denies.

Since the release of Green’s name by
Hain, Twitter has been alive with calls fora
boycott of the UK-based chain, which also
has locations in Vancouver and Richmond.

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor

 

O: October 23, The Telegraph published
claims that a well-known British
businessman was being accused of using
racial slurs and sexual harassment by a
group of former employees. However,
the man’s name was not released due
toa court injunction. In this context,

an injunction prevents someone or
someones from naming another publicly
due to the accuser(s) being subject to
legal ramification should they speak
publicly. These judicial orders are often
used to prevent media coverage based off
of testimonials from alleged victims or
witnesses.

However, on October 25 Lord Peter
Hain used parliamentary privilege—legal
immunity granted to members of certain
governments and legislatures—in the
House of Lords to name Phillip Green,
chairman of Arcadia Group Ltd. (the
owners of Topshop) as the subject of these
allegations. Green has denied them, citing
that the accusers’ breach of the company’s
non-disclosure agreements is the only
reason for the injunction—and not because
of any admitted guilt on his part. Though
the breach allowed the injunction to be
granted, the order itself does not hold any
sway over the burden of proof.

This situation has inspired the British
government to reexamine their laws
pertaining to court-officiated “gag orders.”
British Prime Minister Theresa May
made a public statement about it, stating
that some employers have been using
non-disclosure agreements “unethically”
as a means of silencing victims. She
also criticized aspects of office culture,
calling the presence of workplace sexual
harassment “abhorrent’”—a very fitting
word.

Green and Arcadia Group Ltd. came
under fire earlier in October when a book
launch for Feminists Don’t Wear Pink
(and Other Lies), scheduled to occur at
a London Topshop, was taken down by

 

Photo by Billy Bui

New international

flavours at

Spud

Shack Fry Co.

>» Meet the Gaucho Cowboy and the PB&J

Jerrison Oracion
Senior Columnist

 

he Spud Shack Fry Co., located near

the New Westminster campus at the
SkyTrain station, is a place to go to hang
out and have delicious poutine. From time
to time they introduce new flavours of
poutine that are experimental and unique.
Recently, they created two new flavours
based on two different types of cuisine.
These new flavours are combined with the
usual fries, gravy, and cheese curds, but
they also have a little something extra.

First, we have The Gaucho “Cowboy”,

which has Argentinian beef cooked in
tomato sauce, charred onion, and roasted
sweet peppers mixed with chimichurri
sauce and roasted garlic mayo, then
sprinkled with onion crisps. The mixed

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beef, chimichurri sauce, mayo, and gravy
create a lot of different flavours. The beef is
very juicy and the chimichurri sauce tastes
like pesto. The onion crisps also make

the poutine crunchier, which adds a nice
texture to the overall dish.

Their other new flavour is the PB&J.

It might sound like a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich, but it is actually inspired by
Indonesian cuisine. It has satay mixed ina
peanut sauce with blackberry jam, crushed
peanuts, and cilantro put on top. The satay
and the crushed peanuts combined give the
dish a traditional Indonesian flavour. The
jam is usually something that is not mixed
with satay, but it adds sweetness to the
poutine. You get salty and sweet!

The new flavours that The Spud Shack
offers are like whole meals in one poutine.
They are definitely something that you
could eat again and again.

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