Don’t Bother with Big Brother: Gail to Sheridan.
A Real Working Class Hero with one of Tommy’s Ain Folk.
From the Scotsman, today,
Don’t Bother with Big Brother ye puir auld numpty ! (quote with some elaboration)
By MARTYN McLAUGHLIN
Gail Sheridan told the former MSP he was at risk of being deliberately misrepresented by the show’s producers, adding that his political beliefs might win him few fans among viewers.”
There I was hoping Tommy’d do a Rab C. Nesbitt and down some swallies in public (like Rab he’s taken the Pledge they say but those who watched the BBC Documentary on Rab know how long that lasts) and grab a few luscious ladies. All we get is some poncing around in a lefty-T Shirt and a few words of ..er, of what?
More amusing seeing that LA Rapper (whatever his name is) getting totally out of his depth and telling Terry Christian that he had a thick accent!
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SOCIALIST UNITY » CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
January 7, 2009 at 1:53 pm
I should add that Andy Newman makes a very valid point about Tommy Sheridan’s financial position. He writes of ‘puritanism’ about Tommy’s earnings (which are hardly great compared to many Telly stars to cite but one case).
He could have pointed out that few of these people carping about this would expend the amount of energy and expense full-time politicans like Tommy have had to. I don’t see many people prepared to come out from ultra-boring Westminster sessions to ultra-boring Constituency Meetings, or street canvassing delivering leaflets like our local Labour MP does (amongst a host of other things). Sheridan went far beyond this: he travelled the extra mile in his campaiging. And Sheridan has to be congratulated for a lot of hard work he has put in.
Andrew Coates
January 7, 2009 at 6:35 pm