A while ago I wrote an article illustrating why buying goods from Tesco is bad for the soul. Okay, so I haven't necessarily practised what I've preached since then, but they sell Duval and Captain Morgan's at remarkably cheap prices. However, they also sell padded bras for seven-year-olds:

Supermarket giant Tesco has been heavily criticised for selling a padded plunge bra aimed at girls as young as seven.

The bra, which costs £4, is sold alongside vests in the supermarket's seven to eight-year-old age range.

It is the latest embarrassment for Tesco, which in 2006 removed a pole dancing kit from sale after being accused of "destroying children's innocence".

This is no joke. Tesco has 'branches in every Scottish postcode area,' and only 'the Harrogate area in Yorkshire [is] the last in the UK without a Tesco presence.' Armando Iannucci's Time Trumpet presented a humourous ridiculing of Tesco's dominance in a portrayal of Tesco embarking upon an H. G. Wells-inspired war against Denmark. But this latest news reveals a considerably darker side to the company, who seem a little too keen to sexualise the nation's children for profit. To wipe away the disgust from your no doubt furrowed brows, here's that Time Trumpet sketch: