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Sunday, May 11, 2003 - "100 Worst Britons?" avi in 3gp
What a ridiculous farce of a programme "100 Worst Britons" was. The results, after 100,000 votes cast by the public on the Channel 4 website, who could vote as many times as they liked, are pathetic. I fancy that one of the mailing lists I'm on could have made a good case for anyone we didn't particularly like if we'd put some effort in; 30 people voting 30 times each is 900 votes, which probably would have gotten our victim into the 70-90 range.avi in 3gp
Tony Blair is the Britain's worst living citizen? Public opinion is so vehemently against 'H' from Steps, Jade Goody from Big Brother and Gareth Gates that they are among the top (or bottom?) ten worst Britons? This reads like a list of minor and major celebrities with the odd royal or businessman in there; it's a list of "who's who" in popular culture. Yes, a lot of them are very annoying and I could happily do without the existence of plenty of those listed, but many of the choices are just absurd. Sting? Richard Branson? Heck, the Queen? Even that little - and fictional - git Harry Potter got a mention.
The BBC's "Great Britons" programme was not only interesting and insightful, but was also well chosen (though Isaac Newton should definitely have been first). The Independent got it right when they said that this, on the other hand, was more like "worst ever British TV". Channel 4 really have given up their last remaining shred of dignity. avi in 3gp
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