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Walkers pull offensive crisp advert
Ucatt attack insensitive ‘joke’ in week of inquest
Walkers pulled the plug on its new advert yesterday hours after construction union Ucatt branded it insensitive and offensive for a “joke” resembling a fatal accident being probed this week.
The union hit out angrily at the planned the TV commercial, which saw ex-England footballer Gary Lineker having wet concrete poured onto him from a great height for refusing to share his crisps.
It aired during peak hours on Monday night — on the same day an inquest began into the death of 44-year-old father Rene Tkacik.
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