I found two shots at the same time (flu + Covid) no big deal, just didn't want to have to return later to the pharmacy. Shingles & RSV shots were readily available for us, we just had to pay for them. For two of us, Shingles ($1,000), RSV ($500). Flu & Covld free, no age limit.
Turns out this fella told the prison officers he shouldn't be released, and after they'd kicked him out tried four times to get back in again because he wants to be deported. You couldn't make it up indeed.
After Jenrick complaining that he'd been confronted with too many black and brown faces whilst filming one of his populist stunts in Handsworth, we now have Reform MP Sarah Pochin moaning that TV ads with too many black and Asian people 'drive her mad' (where've I heard that one before?). They're winning aren't they? The 'war on woke', whereby racists demand the right to say racist things without being called racist, is being won by the racists. Goldie was ahead of his time.
This advert culture war has been done before. Not sure what will be different this time. Who’s even watching TV adverts when we’re constantly on our phones? It is a bit odd but there isn’t some sinister agenda from massive corporations trying to flog you their brand of toilet paper or a holiday. There’s probably just a lot of market research and data science to say the advert will generate a better return by showing a certain demographic. Also the added benefit now in the mental world we live in that if some people are frothing about Brand X then Brand X gets more coverage and sells more than it loses just because people hear it and it’s in their head. I worked for a big evil conglomerate who had their best ever sales on a particular brand when it got some negative press because of a decision to make the product worse for profitability.
The most ridiculous part of Pochin's rant was the suggestion that the over-representation of black and Asian people in TV ads was down to the 'woke liberati' in the 'arty-farty world'. The thought that advertisers would to do this to be 'woke' rather than to sell more product is laughable. Even more ridiculous, though, is Farage's denial that Pochin's comments were racist.
