Want to know what's really annoying?
Constant banter about 'what young people think', that's what. Global warming – 'what do young people think?'. Imminent thermonuclear warfare – 'what do young people think?'. Insane religious fundamentalists threatening our lives – 'what do young people think?'.
Bollocks to young people. Who cares what they think? Y'know, there's a reason that we send 'young people' to school for the best part of 16 years: it's because they don't have a clue about anything. Think about it… who would you rather have participating in a debate on the Middle East peace process? A panel of 60-year-old Oxford professors or the cast of Skins?
Not that our opinion is widely shared or anything. Certainly not with those politician-types in the government. And certainly not with PM-in-waiting Gordon Brown.
Gordon Brown is to take part in a Channel Five televised 'debate' entitled Gordon Brown Meets The Ten-Year-Olds, one of several shows that mark the channel's ten year anniversary celebrations. Just think, everybody: that's a whole decade of badly-acted Friday night soft porn. Ah, Five… what would we have done without you in those pre-broadband days?
Explaining the upcoming Brown-based extravaganza, Channel Five's Chris Shaw said:
"Gordon Brown is well known for seeing off professional journalists but I think he may find our panel of 10-year-olds a lot more difficult to handle."
Phew – we're glad he pointed that out. Because there are no doubt people out there – horrible, cynical people – who would assume that this is yet another nail in the coffin of intelligent political discourse, and that if this is genuinely the best thing our elected representatives can find to do with their time then we might as well all throw ourselves off a fucking bridge.
But we're sure that's not the case.
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Blessed says
This can’t be true, can it? I’ve been staring at my screen for 10 minutes and I genuinely can’t figure out why anyone – let alone Gordon Brown – would want to take part in this. Clips of him being interviewed by kids will be used all through the time he’s prime minister whenever anyone wants to take an easy pop at him, plus it’s the most obvious loaded-question filled honeytrap I’ve heard about in a long time. If Brown does this, he can’t be PM
Gilbert Wham says
Fuck’s sake, primed 10-year-olds are about the only people Blair will give an interview to. Why should this lying sleazebag be any different?
david says
where can i see the show???
anam says
he cnt b takin part in tht show i mean his a pm 4 Gods sake