Martin Lewis calls for crisp 'law' but people have been left divided

Martin Lewis has been backed by Twitter/X followers and fans after calling for a cheeky new "crisp law". The Money Saving Expert, who is known to be a huge fan of salt and vinegar crisps, has made his feelings around the packaging clear.

The ITV star spoke out on Twitter today (Thursday July 11) where he said: "I was working through with my campaigns team yesterday on what our list of priorities as there's a new govt would be (many eg standing charges, LISA penalties etc) similar to what they were before.

" I managed to restrain myself from adding "make it law all salt & vinegar crisp packets must be blue" from the end of the list (vote winner for the over 40s though it is)." Mr Lewis, the BBC Sounds star, spoke out after a salt and vinegar crisp review last year.

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In reply, a fan said: "Just as we are coming together as a country and you want to reopen the wounds of the Great Crisp Schism." Another said: "If you ever have a choice between voting green or blue, vote green!"

"What?!! NO! S&V must always be green!" another wrote. Speaking last year, Mr Lewis said: "The joy of good salt 'n' vinegar is you bite them, and they bite back – the flavour needs to be strong, sharp, and leave your tongue feeling like sandpaper.

"So it's time to focus MSE's data-Crunching expertise (honed on finding top savings, cards, and discounts) on to the ultimate investigative challenge... finding the UK's best salt 'n' vinegar crisps (of 46 brands tested)."

He added: "The tasters were me, 18 MSE Towers S&V-loving team members and Mini MSE, my then 10, now just turned 11-year-old daughter Sapphire (getting her to come into work – and eat lots of crisps – got me serious daddy points)."