An advertising boss wants to poach Staines most infamous resident Ali G to slag off towns like Bromley.

Bill Muirhead of advertising firm M & C Saatchi provoked anger with the slogan "Screw working in Staines" for a campaign to encourage workers to move to Oz.

The company has also reportedly approached actor Sacha Baron Cohen in the hope of convincing him to revive his Ali G character for their television and cinema ads.

In an email to Cohen's representatives Muirhead criticises "dreary, boring places like Bromley, Croydon, Slough and Staines".

The London-based exec wrote: "There is a skills shortage in over 65 different categories and professions. In short, we are looking for lots of migrants and tourists.

"I understand you represent Sacha Baron Cohen and we would be very keen to talk to you about his character Ali G.

"We have an idea for a TV and cinema commercial which takes a cheeky dig at some of the less attractive features of life in the UK.

"Things like housing prices, traffic congestion and dreary, boring places like Bromley, Croydon, Slough and Staines.

"We would like to use the Ali G character to front the campaign to represent the core values of the town of his birth."

Sacha Baron Cohen has previously said both his Ali G and Borat characters would be retired.

Ali G facts

  • Ali G's full name is Alistair Leslie Graham.
  • He a member of the fictional gang West Staines Massiv.
  • He lives with his gran in a semi-detached house at 36 Cherry Blossom Close.
  • Ali G was a pupil at Da Matthew Arnold Skool which is a real secondary school - the Matthew Arnold School.