Julie Burchill has written about George W Bush in The Sun today. It’s a brilliant article and I don’t only say that because I’m quoted at the beginning and end of it! Good to see Not In My Name getting another plug, too.
Julie Burchill has written about George W Bush in The Sun today. It’s a brilliant article and I don’t only say that because I’m quoted at the beginning and end of it! Good to see Not In My Name getting another plug, too.
From the article you praise so fully:
(And while we’re at it, can the British chattering classes stop bleating on about the singular racist ignorance of Americans compared to we oh-so-civilised Europeans? They’re about to get a black President; the best we could do was put a black man on the shortlist for the awesome task of playing the 11th Doctor Who. And even then he got passed over for the wonder of Whitey! And while we’re on Doctor Who and politics, it’s sad that while 6.1million Britons watched BBC TV to see the new Doctor being announced, only 1.3million saw the next President of the USA being announced. And we dare laugh at the Yanks for being politically ignorant and obsessed with celebrity!)
What a silly point. Do you think that, if the next Dr Who had been announced at 4 in the morning there would have been anything like 6.1 million people watching? Unfortunately, American presidential elections tend not to be arranged at a time to suit British children and their TV viewing habits whereas the announcement of a Dr Who is.
Curious that.
Ha, ha. I LOVE the Carrie Bradshaw gag.
Thanks LJS!