And sticking with Big Brother, a show now so special that it chooses contestants who wisely see using racist epithets as a fast track to fame, let us turn to a man with a similar grasp of clever PR, George Galloway.
Now, some politicians might think, Y'know, seeing as I like to style myself as a political firebrand (copywrite: every newspaper in the land, ever), the voice of reason in the forest of spin, maybe I ought to play down that episode when I licked milk from Rula Lenska's proffered hands and purred like a pervert in one of those "massage parlours" on Wardour Street. Not our George! There he was last night, hosting Big Brother's Little Brother, the show that answers the oft-wondered question, "Golly, I wonder what it would look like if they televised an LBC radio phone-in?"
"It took a big cat to take on the American senate, but God knows how I will cope with this lot!" joshed George by way of introduction. You see what he did there? The wit! The wit! The extraordinary wit!
George has asked some searing questions in our time, toppling governments (sort of) and unsettling councils (a bit) but surely his career reached its long-desired climax when he asked "celebrity chef Nancy Lam" and Ziggy's former "band"mate Dan Courcy, "Does anyone agree with me, that Ziggy has a thing for Emily?" Really, Middle Eastern concerns pale, don't they? Thank heavens there aren't any around at the mo to distract him from these more pressing issues. And speaking of climax, George's curled-lip horror at his superfluously expressed disgust at "Tracey's 37 year old vagina very much in mind" will stay with LiS for some time. Whose mind, would that be, George? But don't worry, boyo - surely the thing must have sealed up, shrivelled and fallen off at its pointless continuing and decrepit existence
