Might be a controversial one, but the latest Covid awareness piece that's on every ad break. The one with the slow piano music accompanied by close up face shots of healthcare workers.
I don't deny that this is necessary, I don't deny that there are people who can do more to help.
But I find it incredibly patronising that the Government, who have repeatedly failed to take the correct measures to deal with the Pandemic, have released this video telling the general public to "LOOK THESE PEOPLE IN THE EYES".
It's shameful, it's patronising and it's quite frankly disgusting. There are crowds that need to see it to let the message really sink in, but when the ones who hold the power aren't doing all they can, maybe they need to start broadcasting their public-shaming propaganda on the walls of parliament.
I'm sort of with you on this one.
It does stir mixed feelings in me, like it does with you. It's a message that some people still clearly need to take on board, so the thrust of the ad is sound in principle.
Where it falls on its face for me is that the message looks and feels so incredibly incongruent and even insulting when we see it comes from a hopelessly incompetent government who's actions and inactions have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people in this country.
It's them who should be looking into a mirror and asking searching questions of themselves. They should also look into the eyes of the dead, the eyes of the dying, the eyes of the families of those people, the eyes of NHS staff, community care staff and every other person out there risking their necks to help, then ask
themselves if they are doing enough.
