We sent Jacob Rees-Mogg some Wigan-made Heinz Beanz... and he actually received them

We invited the House of Commons leader to give baked beans another go, while explaining that the proud key workers at the Heinz factory in Kitt Green had kept the entire continent well stocked with beans, and other tinned foods, throughout the pandemic.

Today (February 27), he took to social media after finally receiving the package!

On Instagram, he posted a photo to thank the Wigan Post for his tin, although whether he actually tries them remains to be seen!

In a caption accompanying the post, he wrote: "Thank you to the Wigan Post, both my wife and nanny liked baked beans so while they are eating Heinz Beanz I am eating humble pie."

Earlier this month, the Conservative MP had expressed his displeasure for the breakfast food - tins of which are produced for all of Europe from a factory in Kitt Green - during a speech in Parliament about the recent divisive Weetabix advert, which recommended beans as a topping.

Following a tongue-in-cheek call for a debate about whether beans on Weetabix would constitute a healthy breakfast, Mr Rees-Mogg spilled the beans on his breakfast preferences, admitting to the Commons that he prefers his Weetabix with hot milk and brown sugar.

“My personal preference, if I were to eat Weetabix, is not with baked beans – which I’ve always thought are absolutely disgusting,” the Conservative MP said.

“There was an advert, well I’m sorry if I’ve upset the makers of baked beans, there was a saying which is desperately politically incorrect nowadays – so I hope (shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz) will forgive me – their advertising slogan, ‘A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say Beanz Meanz Heinz’.

“But when I was a child this was corrupted to, ‘A million housewives every day pick up a can of beans and say ‘Yuck, throw them away’. I’m sorry that has always been my view of baked beans.”

Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House and the MP for Chorley, stood up for his fellow Northerners, responding: “I think the good people of Wigan will be offended, where all the baked beans for Europe come from. I can see the factory are all sending their letters to the Leader now.”

Our full letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Dear Mr Rees-Mogg,

We at the Wigan Post were saddened to hear of your distaste for Heinz Baked Beanz this week.

Your comments about their being "absolutely disgusting" certainly caused a stir among our readers and the proud key workers at Wigan's Heinz factory who, throughout the pandemic, have made sure that all of Europe still has plenty of tinned beans to enjoy.

So we've enclosed a gift for you, from the people of Wigan, and hope that you might give them another go. If we still can't change your mind, perhaps you could donate this tin to your nearest foodbank - just as we did with several tins when buying your gift.

Failing that, there's the age-old charity option of bathing in them instead!

Yours sincerely,

The Wigan Post.

Thanks for reading. If you value what we do and are able to support us, a digital subscription is just £1 for your first month. Try us today by clicking here and viewing our offers.