The Voting Public

This is one of the fundamental problems with reality TV - it's not about talent or skills, it's about likeability - or the lack thereof. The British public feel that they can influence anything they want for the most spurious of reasons.

They vote for people because:
A) They're nice, but often not too nice.
B) They’re pretty, but not too pretty.
C) They're good at something unrelated. i.e. (I'll vote for my favourite football player even though they're plainly rubbish at ice skating in scuba gear.
D) They're not the judge’s choice and the judges were a bit rude about them.
E) They're the underdog.

Now we like the underdog, it's one of those things that exemplify the British psyche. We think that it's jolly unfair if they don't have a chance. This is a commendable feature up to a point, but coupled with our tendency to take our pleasures sadly and glory in failure, it does mean that we're destined for Jordan to be our Prime Minister. A) She’s easy – good to know if you’re an outraged fad middle aged Daily Mail reader – even you are in with a chance! B) She's considered by some to have the criteria for being pretty (that’s not the word, there needs to be one, maybe glamonster) – but a bit tacky, both physically and conceptually. C) She’s good at self publicising – not just positive publicity but any.
D) Everyone thinks she’s quite dumb so therefore deserves a chance to prove she’s not – or at least until she does something really stupid.
E) She’s low down the social scale and she’s a dog.

That coupled with the national disaster’s that’d occur if she was in charge – well glory in her failure – just what the country likes and there’s never be a time when we didn’t know what was going on! She’d be monitored 24 hours a day.

And the public absolve themselves from blame about the situation. We chose her and she messed it up. Of course she messed it up – you chose her.

Remember politics no one voted for Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. We voted for (or against) the parties that they represent. And people, don’t kick up a fuss because someone you don’t like is in charge of the party. You gave them the ability to be there – and it could always be worse. Jordan’ll give anything a go. Ask Gareth Gates.