The extract below, reporting that John Healey carries a bottle of HP Sauce in his bag is from The Times 22nd October 2026.
How much Healey really loves HP Sauce is unknown but as a performative signal of class politics it is unmistakable.
Harold Wilson, at least according to Mary Wilson, had the habit of smothering his food in HP Sauce as a sign of his northern working class origins. How true this actually was, is again unknown but it was enough to launch a Private Eye column headed of course HP Sauce
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