A recruitment ad for Morrisons supermarket bars actors from Liverpool. But these crass,gratuitous (uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted) insults on the city and its people are hardly newOh, just do one Morrisons.
This was my initial reaction to the supermarket’s mysteriously offensive recruitment ad for northern actors which specifically ruled out applicants with a Liverpool accent. Being a scouser, or I bridled instantly (before quickly having a word with myself to “smooth down,smooth down”) at the thought of yet another brazen assault on the suited people of Liverpool. Being a journalist (who writes headlines for a living), my next thought was: “Fewer reasons to shop at Morrisons”.
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Source: theguardian.com