Editing Stella Artois (section)

==Brand image==
At least since the early 21st century, Stella Artois has carried the nickname of the "wife beater" in the United Kingdom, due to a perceived connection between [[binge drinking]] involving the brand and [[domestic violence|domestic violence against women]]. In January 2012, the online activities of [[AB InBev]] lobbyists, [[Portland Communications]], were exposed in the United Kingdom when [[Tom Watson (Labour politician)|Tom Watson]], a member of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour opposition party]] said that the company (then owned by [[Tim Allan]], a former advisor to ex-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]]) was trying to [[Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia#Portland Communications|remove references to Stella Artois]] from Wikipedia's [[Wife-beater (disambiguation)|"wife beater" disambiguation page]] and the phrase "wife beater" from this article.<ref>{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Wright |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lobbying-company-tried-to-wipe-out-wife-beater-beer-references-6284622.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lobbying-company-tried-to-wipe-out-wife-beater-beer-references-6284622.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Lobbying company tried to wipe out 'wife beater' beer references |work=[[The Independent]] |date=4 January 2012 |access-date=14 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/8990671/Portland-brews-up-row-over-wife-beater-Stella.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/8990671/Portland-brews-up-row-over-wife-beater-Stella.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Portland brews up row over 'wife-beater' Stella |first=Anna |last=White |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London |date= 4 January 2012 |access-date=14 March 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>