At the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester this week, a simple printing error turned a planned publicity moment into a political embarrassment. Delegates opening their conference bags found chocolate bars bearing the slogan 'When Labour negotiates, Britian loses', with 'Britain' spelled incorrectly.
The mistake, first shared on social media, was quickly picked up by journalists and political opponents who mocked the Conservatives for failing to spell the country's name correctly. For a government seeking to project competence and control, the typo became an easy target.
