We went along to M&S on Argyle Street on Saturday 16th Dec, to highlight the irony of M&S using Paddington in their Xmas adverts. It’s great that they’re using a famous migrant in their ads and none of us would disagree with the #lovethebear slogan. Shame that they can’t see the irony of continuing to advertise in the Daily Mail, the paper that has done more than most to spread hate, racism and anti-immigrant feeling across the UK. The good folk of Glasgow were delighted to see Paddington whilst they were doing their Xmas shopping and we had some good conversations about the need to change the media messages around migration.
If you’ve got a minute to spare, you can sign People and Planet’s new petition to stop the media scapegoating ‘illegal’ migrants.
