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Diageo threatens legal action against political group 25th January, 2021 by Nicola Carruthers Smirnoff owner Diageo has threatened far-right political organisation The Proud Boys with legal action over its use of a logo similar to Johnnie Walker’s Striding Man emblem. The Striding Man logo was first commissioned in 1908 and can be seen across the brand’s whisky bottles All-male political organisation The Proud Boys, recognised for its violence in the US, was seen in an online video by Channel 4 News promoting merchandise bearing a logo that was alike to the Striding Man logo used by Di...

A far-right group in the US has been threatened with legal action after using a logo bearing a resemblance to the iconic Johnnie Walker whisky “Striding Man” image.The Proud Boys were seen at a

At one of the most recent presidential debates, Trump was asked to disavow white supremacist groups.  When the then president asked for a name, Joe Biden called out the Proud Boys. Trump replied: "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by, but I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left, because this is not a right-wing problem. This is a left-wing problem.” Just this week, Joseph Biggs, their leader, was arrested in Florida in connection with his role in the storming of the US Capitol this month. Prosecutors said he led dozens of the group’s members ...

Johnny Walker marks 200 year anniversary in Nairobi, Mombasa & Kisumu Shares Johnnie Walker has commemorated its 200 years anniversary in the Kenyan market through a series of celebrations in various towns in Kenya. The events were hosted by Johnnie Walker’s distributor in Kenya, Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL). The whisky brand lit up Kenya’s three major cities; Mombasa , Nairobi and Kisumu with a projection of the iconic Striding Man symbol. The celebrations were witnessed by millions of Kenyans who gathered around KICC in Nairobi, Fort Jesus in Mombasa and the Kisumu Yacht Club. It reki...

Over the last couple of weeks, we have being teaching you a lot about whisky. By now you should know how whisky is made, how to drink it, and how to tell how old a whisky is by tasting it. Now it’s time to take a look at one of the pioneering names behind whisky and the man after which one of the most iconic whisky brands is named - John Walker. The story starts in Scotland in 1819 when Walker, a local grocer with a genius for whisky, began to think of a way to make the whisky taste more consistent. At that time most of the local grocers sold single malt whisky but the taste would differ e...