october 27, 2016 




incidents of <u+201c>bake shaming<u+201d> have increased by 600% since wednesday evening<u+2019>s bake off final, say police. 




bake shaming, legally classified as abuse aimed at <u+201c>those who haven<u+2019>t seen, or don<u+2019>t really care about, the great british bake off<u+201d> has become more of a problem since the announcement that the programme will be crossing channels next year. 




one victim, kevin dunsford, who has lived his whole life in this country was <u+201c>bake shamed<u+201d> at his local bus stop. he told our reporter: i was standing with my wife and we were talking about the weather and a woman walked up, looked at us in disbelief and said, <u+201c>why aren<u+2019>t you talking about bake off?<u+201d> she then started ranting on about british values and called us an <u+201c>unwelcome minority<u+201d>. 




home secretary, amber rudd, said she was appalled by this situation and condemned these acts as <u+201c>despicable<u+201d>. she added, <u+201c>our cake crime laws are among the best in the world.<u+201d> share this story... 




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