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'm going to miss the Wonga puppets, they do kind of symbolise Wonga, though I suspect it won't be long before the whole image and name are consigned to history and a damage limitation re-brand.
But it seems those naughty puppets have still been on the airwaves corrupting countless Europeans after they were pulled from UK marketing channels.
Spain has now stopped them and Poland and Youtube are apparently going to be puppet free by the end of the year.
According to the beeb:
"Some feared that young people would be so influenced by the marketing that they would be at greater risk of becoming addicted to debt as adults."
We may not be fans of Wonga or what they stand for, but as Barney has said previously, people need to be held accountable for their own actions.
Do you genuinely think the Wonga puppets were the cause of people going into debt and not realising the crippling interest rates?
Or is it a serious point and a harsh business model was being sanitised by clever and cuddly, even misleading advertising?
They had a good run but it's bye bye Wongies....
