class="wikitable" |
Initiation | Participants | Target | Cause | Main article | References |
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1949 | Arab League | Israel | Partition of Palestine | Arab League boycott of Israel | |
1977 | Various | Nestlé | Nestlé's promotion of infant formula over breast milk in developing countries | Nestlé boycott | [{{Cite web |last=Han |first=Soul |date=2021-09-30 |title=International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984 |url=https://commonslibrary.org/international-groups-boycott-nestle-products-to-end-indiscriminate-advertising-1977-1984/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Commons Social Change Library |language=en-AU}}] |
1989 | Liverpudlians | The Sun | The Sun{{'}}s coverage of the Hillsborough disaster | {{section link|Coverage of the Hillsborough disaster by The Sun|Merseyside boycott}} | [{{cite web|url=http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/boycott-the-sun.shtm|title=Boycott The Sun in 2003 - Hillsborough Justice Campaign|access-date=25 June 2016}}][{{cite news|url=http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=ex-sun-editor--i-was-right-on-hillsborough&method=full&objectid=18190784&siteid=50061-name_page.html |title=Ex-Sun editor: I was right on Hillsborough |access-date=1 December 2006 |last=Lister |first=Sam |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061204011259/http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline%3Dex-sun-editor--i-was-right-on-hillsborough%26method%3Dfull%26objectid%3D18190784%26siteid%3D50061-name_page.html |archive-date=4 December 2006 }}]{{failed verification|date=September 2012}}[{{cite web |first=Paddy |last=Shennan |url=http://www.liverpool.com/capital-of-culture/alexi-sayle-s-liverpool.html |title=Alexi Sayle's Liverpool |publisher=Liverpool.com |access-date=7 May 2011}}]{{failed verification|date=September 2012}}[{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-27761336|title=Hillsborough: Postal staff refuse to deliver free Sun copies |work=BBC News |access-date=25 June 2016}}][{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-17113382 | title=Liverpool's 23-year boycott of the Sun newspaper | work=BBC News | date=24 February 2012 }}] |
2003 | Numerous union organizations including SINALTRAINAL | Coca-Cola Company | Anti-union violence in Colombia and environmental degradation in India | Criticism of Coca-Cola | [[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/24/marketingandpr.colombia "Coca-Cola boycott launched after killings at Colombian plants", The Guardian, 24 July 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017]][[http://www.colombiasolidarity.org.uk/articles/bulletin-archive/33--issue11-october--december-2003/68-boycott-coca-cola "Boycott Coca-Cola!", Colombia Solidarity Campaign, 1 October 2003, Retrieved 19 July 2017]] |
2005 | Various human rights and anti-occupation activists | Israel | Israeli–Palestinian conflict | Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions | |
2005 | Various Muslims worldwide | Denmark | Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | Economic and social consequences of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy | [{{cite journal |last=Henkel |first=Heiko |title=Fundamentally Danish? The Muhammad Cartoon Crisis as Transitional Drama |journal=Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-knowledge |date=Fall 2010 |volume=VIII |series=2 |url=http://www.okcir.com/Articles%20VIII%202/Henkel-FM.pdf |access-date=25 November 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194639/http://www.okcir.com/Articles%20VIII%202/Henkel-FM.pdf |archive-date=29 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}] |
2008 | Opponents of California Proposition 8 | Supporters of California Proposition 8 and Utah | LDS Church support for Proposition 8 | Protests against Proposition 8 supporters | [{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/09/utah_faces_boycott_after_push_by_mormons_vs_gay_marriage/ |last=Vergakis |first=Brock |title=Utah faces boycott after push by Mormons vs. gay marriage |publisher=Boston.com |date=9 November 2008 |access-date=1 April 2011}}] |
2008
|Center for Biological Diversity
|Bluefin Tuna fishing
|Overfishing of Bluefin Tuna, leading to their status as an endangered species.
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|[{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/3518091/Bluefin-tuna-Call-for-boycott-after-quotas-set-higher-than-scientists-recommend.html |last=Clover |first=Charles |title=Bluefin tuna: Call for boycott after quotas set higher than scientists recommend |publisher=The Telegraph |date=25 November 2008 |access-date=2 November 2019}}] |
2009 | LGBT groups | The Salvation Army | The Salvation Army's opposition to homosexuality | | [{{cite news |url=http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/gay-rights-groups-urge-salvation-army-boycott |title=Group urges Salvation Army boycott |publisher=WLUK-TV |date=16 December 2009 |access-date=22 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125202941/http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/gay-rights-groups-urge-salvation-army-boycott |archive-date=25 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}] |
2010 | Canvass for a Cause and other LGBT groups | Target Corporation and Best Buy | Donations to politician Tom Emmer | | [{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659492/lady-gaga-target.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310161604/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1659492/lady-gaga-target.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2011 |title=Lady Gaga Dissolves Relationship with Target |last=Vega |first=Jocelyn |publisher=MTV |date=9 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}][{{cite news |url=http://www.newser.com/story/114916/target-sues-gay-rights-group-canvass-for-a-cause.html |last=Cantor |first=Matt |title=Target Sues Gay Rights Group |publisher=Newser |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}][{{cite news |url=http://www.minnpost.com/dailyglean/2011/03/25/26926/what_gov_tim_pawlenty_supported_sharia_law |title=What? Gov. Tim Pawlenty Supported Sharia Law? |last=Lambert |first=Brian |newspaper=MinnPost |date=25 March 2011 |access-date=29 March 2011}}][{{cite news |url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/targetbest-buy-gay-rights-boycott-tests-citizens-united-decision/ |title=Best Buy Gay Rights Boycott Tests Citizens United Decision |last=Christoper |first=Tommy |publisher=Mediate |date=29 July 2010 |access-date=March 31, 2011}}] |
2010
|Boycott BP
|BP
|Deepwater Horizon oil spill
|Reactions to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
|[{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2010/05/26/news/companies/boycott_BP/index.htm |title=Facebook fans organize to boycott BP |last=Chernoff |first=Allan |work=CNN |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=2 November 2019}}] |
2011 | LGBT groups | Chick-fil-A | Chick-fil-A's CEO's support of politicians who oppose same-sex marriage | Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy | [{{cite news |url=http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |last=Arnold |first=Lori |title=Chick-fil-A target of gay rights' boycott |newspaper=Christian Examiner |date=February 2011 |access-date=30 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704085155/https://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Feb11/Art_Feb11_17.html |archive-date=4 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}] |
2011 | Various | Fossil fuel industry | Global warming | Fossil fuel divestment |
2012
|PETA
|Air France
|Shipping monkeys to laboratories for experimentation
|
|[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport|title= Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |newspaper= The Guardian |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=2 November 2019}}] |
2013 | Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and various others | Chevron Corporation | Failure to adequately clean up widespread oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon from its former Texaco operations | Lago Agrio oil field | [[http://news.abs-cbn.com/global-filipino/world/09/17/13/ecuadors-correa-calls-chevron-boycott Ecuador's Correa calls for Chevron boycott, Agence France Presse, September 17, 2003 Retrieved 22 August 2017]]
[[http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/berkeley-resolution.pdf City of Berkeley, Peace and Justice Commission, Action Calendar, January 29, 2008, Retrieved 22 August 2017]]
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2013
|Survival International
|Botswana
|Eviction of indigenous San people from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.
|Ancestral land conflict in Botswana
|[{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africa/botswana/articles/Should-we-boycott-Botswana/ |title=Should we boycott Botswana? |date=1 November 2013 |access-date=2 November 2019}}] |
2013 | International Labor Rights Forum | Theo Chocolate | Not living up to "fair trade" label because of proven union busting | | [{{Cite web|url=http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/02/15/are-theos-fair-trade-chocolates-unfair-to-seattle-workers|title=Are Theo's "Fair Trade" Chocolates Unfair to Seattle Workers?|first1=Goldy •|last1=Feb 15|first2=2013 at 10:53|last2=Am|website=The Stranger}}][{{cite news |url=http://laborrights.org/freedom-at-work/resources/aiding-and-abetting-how-unaccountable-fair-trade-certifiers-are-destroying |title=Aiding and Abetting: How Unaccountable Fair Trade Certifiers Are Destroying Workers' Rights |access-date=12 August 2013}}] |
2013 | Palestinians living in the United States | Syria, Iran | Syria and Iran's treatment of Palestinians | | [{{cite web|url=http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/international/4526-palestinians-for-boycotting-syrian-iranian-goods|title=PNN|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725224801/http://english.pnn.ps/index.php/international/4526-palestinians-for-boycotting-syrian-iranian-goods|archive-date=25 July 2013|url-status=dead}}] |
2013 | Ukrainians | Russian products | Russian embargoes and the Russo-Ukrainian War | Do not buy Russian goods! | |
2013-2014 | LGBT groups | Russia, Stolichnaya vodka, 2014 Winter Olympics | Russia's anti-LGBT policies | | [{{cite web|url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/07/gay-bar-russian-vodka-boycott-faces-predictable-backlash/67760/|title=Russian Vodka Boycott in Gay Bars Faces Predictable Backlash|date=30 July 2013 |access-date=25 June 2016}}] |
2014 | Citizens of Washington, D.C. | Tourism to Maryland's 1st congressional district, Eastern Shore of Maryland | Interference in District of Columbia home rule | Boycott of Maryland's 1st congressional district | |
2014 | Various | Nabisco | Switching production of products from the United States to Mexico | Oreo boycott | |
2015
|Ethical Consumer
|Amazon
|Tax avoidance, poor treatment of workers, anti-competitive practices.
|Criticism of Amazon
|[{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2015/aug/17/why-i-am-finally-going-to-boycott-amazon|title=Why I'm finally going to boycott Amazon|work=The Guardian|date=17 August 2015|access-date=2 November 2019}}] |
2016 | American Family Association | Target Corporation | Mixed sex bathrooms and changing areas | | [{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/online-petition-for-target-boycott-gets-hundreds-of-thousands-of-signatures/|title=Online petition for Target boycott gets hundreds of thousands of signatures - Fox News|website=Fox News |date=26 April 2016|access-date=25 June 2016}}] |
2016 | Various | Corporations backing Donald Trump | Policies and rhetoric of Donald Trump | GrabYourWallet | [{{cite web|url=https://grabyourwallet.org/What%20We're%20About.html|title=Grab Your Wallet|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208162232/https://grabyourwallet.org/What%20We're%20About.html|archive-date=8 February 2017|url-status=dead}}] |
2017
|Right-wing commentators and fans of Andy Signore
|Screen Junkies
|Defy Media firing him due to allegations of sexual harassment
|
|[{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/andy-signore-popcorned-planet-youtube-depp-heard-twitter-rcna40940 |title=He was canceled during the #MeToo movement. Now, he's using YouTube to attack celebrity accusers. |last=Tenbarge |first=Kat |date=December 9, 2022 |website=NBC News}}] |
2018
|Various companies with ties to the NRA
|National Rifle Association of America
|Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
|2018 NRA boycott
|[{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/02/23/boycottnra-enterprise-omaha-bank-end-gun-lobby-deals-as-boycott-movement-gains-steam/|title=#BoycottNRA: Hertz and Avis are the latest companies to cut ties with gun lobby as movement gains steam|last1=Barbash|first1=Fred|date=2018-02-23|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2018-02-25|last2=Bever|first2=Lindsey|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}][{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/23/business/nra-boycott.html|title=Companies Cut Ties to the N.R.A., but Find There Is No Neutral Ground|last1=Creswell|first1=Julie|date=2018-02-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-02-25|last2=Hsu|first2=Tiffany|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}][{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/nra-boycott-full-list-companies-have-cut-ties-gun-lobby-over-florida-shooting-819050|title=The full list of companies who have boycotted the NRA over the Florida shooting|date=2018-02-24|work=Newsweek|access-date=2018-02-25|language=en}}] |
2018
|Various companies with ties to The Ingraham Angle, and The Ingraham Angle itself.
|The Ingraham Angle
|Laura Ingraham attacking Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor David Hogg
|Boycott of The Ingraham Angle
| |
2018
|Various companies with ties to Sinclair, and Sinclair itself.
|Sinclair Broadcast Group
|Conservative media bias of Sinclair; Sinclair mandating local news to attack certain news organizations
|Boycott of Sinclair Broadcasting Group
| |
2018
|Various
|Nike, Inc.
|Featuring of Colin Kaepernick in its advertising campaign, who sparked controversy by kneeling in protest during the national anthem
| U.S. national anthem kneeling protests
|[{{Cite news|url=https://www.instyle.com/news/nike-boycott-sneakers-why|title=This Is the Reason People Are Setting Their Nike Sneakers on Fire|work=instyle.com|date=2020-09-14}}] |
2019
|Right-wing commentators and fans of Vic Mignogna
|Crunchyroll, LLC and Rooster Teeth
|Severing of ties with Vic Mignogna following sexual harassment allegations
|
|[{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/vic-mignogna-lawsuit-failed-fan-rage/ |title=The Vic Mignogna Lawsuit Failed, But Fan Rage Made It Worse |last=Gramuglia |first=Anthony |date=September 15, 2019 |website=Comic Book Resources}}] |
2019
|Various
|Turkey
|Turkish invasion of Rojava
|2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
|[{{Cite news|url=https://roarmag.org/2019/10/22/cultural-academic-boycott-turkey/|title=Call for cultural and academic boycott of Turkey|date=2019-10-22|work=Roar Magazine|access-date=2019-11-02|language=en}}] |
2019
|South Koreans
|Japan
|Japan–South Korea trade dispute
|2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea
|[{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3017263/south-koreans-call-boycott-japanese-cars-beer-and-cosmetics|title=South Koreans call for boycott of Japanese cars, beer and cosmetics as 'trade war' intensifies|date=4 July 2019|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=28 July 2019}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.traveldailymedia.com/south-koreans-are-cancelling-their-japan-trip-amid-trade-war/|title=South Koreans are cancelling their Japan trip amid trade war|date=23 July 2019|website=Travel Daily Media}}] |
2020
|Indians
|China
|2020–2021 China–India skirmishes
|Boycott of China in India
| |
2020
|Muslim world
|France (products)
|French response to the murder of Samuel Paty
|Murder of Samuel Paty
|[{{Cite web|last=Caroline Alexander|first=Zainab Fattah|date=2020-10-27|title=Muslim world faces divide after Erdogan takes on France for its crackdown on radical Islam|url=https://theprint.in/world/muslim-world-faces-divide-after-erdogan-takes-on-france-for-its-crackdown-on-radical-islam/531449/|access-date=2020-10-27|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/europe/france-boycott-muslim-countries-macron-intl/index.html|title=Calls to boycott French products grow in Muslim world after Macron backs Mohammed cartoons|last1=Salem |first1=Mostafa |last2=Bairin |first2=Pierre |last3=Liakos |first3=Chris |last4=Schmidt |first4=Nadine |last5=Dean |first5=Sarah |date=October 27, 2020 |website=CNN}}] |
2021
|American conservatives
|The Walt Disney Company
|Disney's firing of Gina Carano from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian
|
|[{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ted-cruz-among-conservatives-blasting-disney-over-gina-carano-firing-4131928/|title=Ted Cruz Among Conservatives Blasting Disney Over Gina Carano Firing |last=Parker |first=Ryan |date=February 11, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}][{{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2021/2/12/22280565/gina-carano-fired-star-wars-mandalorian-social-media-conservative|title=Mandalorian star Gina Carano has been fired. Conservatives are angry. |last=St. James |first=Emily |date=February 12, 2021 |website=Vox}}] |
2022
|Various multinational corporations
|Russia and Belarus
|Response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
|Boycott of Russia and Belarus
| |
2022
|Romanians
|Austria
|Austrian veto on Romania's bid to join the Schengen Area.
|
|[{{cite web |title=Romania's Mass Boycott against Austria after the Schengen Decision |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/217924/Romania%27s+Mass+Boycott+against+Austria+after+the+Schengen+Decision |website=Novinite |date=2022-12-09}}] |
2022
|Twitter users and advertisers
|Twitter (X)
|Increase of hate speech on Twitter, and Elon Musk's political activities
|Twitter under Elon Musk
|[{{cite news |last1=Rosney |first1=Dan |title=Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqx9e0y17wwo |access-date=12 February 2025 |publisher=BBC News |date=30 January 2025}}] |
2022 (accelerated in 2025)
| Tesla consumers
| Tesla
| Elon Musk's political activities, primarily the Department of Government Efficiency from 2025
| Tesla Takedown
| [{{cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Carlton |title=Elon Musk's Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla |url=https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musks-toxicity-could-spell-disaster-for-tesla/ |access-date=20 February 2025 |publisher=Wired |date=14 February 2025}}] |
2023
|American conservatives
|Project Veritas
|Project Veritas' removal of James O'Keefe.
|
|[{{Cite web |title=Right-wing media figures stand behind James O'Keefe after Project Veritas ouster |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/james-okeefe/right-wing-media-figures-stand-behind-james-okeefe-after-project-veritas-ouster |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=Media Matters for America |date=22 February 2023 |language=en-US}}] |
2023
|American conservatives
|Anheuser-Busch (specifically Bud Light)
|Bud Light's sponsorship of Dylan Mulvaney.
|Bud Light boycott
|[{{Cite web |title=Bud Light partnership with trans TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney prompts conservative backlash |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bud-light-dylan-mulvaney-kid-rock-tiktok-backlash-travis-tritt/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=6 April 2023 |language=en-US}}] |
2023
|American conservatives
|Activision (Call of Duty)
|Call of Duty supporting Pride Month after removing a pack dedicated to Nickmercs.
|
|[{{Cite web |title=Dr Disrespect Boycotts Call of Duty Following NICKMERCS Controversy |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dr-disrespect-boycotts-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-warzone-2-nickmercs-skin-controversy/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Gaming |date=9 June 2023 |language=en}}] |
2024 | Canadians, spearheaded by the subreddit r/loblawsisoutofcontrol | Loblaws stores and its divisions | Accusations of greedflation amidst rising profits as grocery prices increase | 2024 Loblaw boycott | [{{cite news |title=Month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned grocery brands and stores begins |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-loblaw-boycott-petition-may/ |access-date=2 May 2024 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=1 May 2024 |language=en-CA}}] |
2025
|Southeastern Europeans
|Major retail stores
|Inflation and high food prices
|2025 Southeast Europe retail boycotts
|[{{Cite news |date=2025-01-24 |title=Croatians boycott shopping over high prices, causing sales to plunge |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/croatians-boycott-shopping-over-high-prices-causing-sales-to-plunge |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=The Straits Times}}][{{Cite news |date=2025-01-24 |title=Bojkot trgovina: Broj računa pao za 43, a promet manji za 50 posto |url=https://vijesti.hrt.hr/hrvatska/poceo-bojkot-trgovina-i-benzinskih-crpki-zbog-visokih-cijena-11976720 |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=Hrvatska radiotelevizija}}] |
2025
|Numerous people worldwide
|United States
|Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to annex territory (Canada and Denmark)
| 2025 United States boycott (in Canada: 2025 Canadian boycott of the United States)
|[{{cite news |last1=Yousif |first1=Nadine |last2=Ahmadi |first2=Ali Abbas |title=Bourbon is out, patriotism is in - How Canadians are facing Trump threats head on |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd92ynwne18o |access-date=8 March 2025 |publisher=BBC News |date=8 March 2025}}] |
2025
|The People's Union USA, and other organisations
|Various companies, including Amazon, Target and Walmart
|Reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion policies, the Department of Government Efficiency's actions in the United States federal government and corporate greed in general
| Economic Blackout
|[{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Adria |title='Hit them where it hurts': Americans boycott corporations to protest anti-DEI policies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/economic-blackout-boycott-trump |access-date=1 March 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=28 February 2025}}] |
2025
|Nintendo consumers
|Nintendo (Nintendo Switch 2)
|Accusations of corporate greed and anti-consumerism after revealing the Nintendo Switch 2's price
|
|[{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Saqib |title=Nintendo Switch 2 comes under fire as gamers call for boycott over high prices|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-gamers-boycott-console-high-price-b1220588.html |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=Evening Standard |date=3 April 2025}}] |