Duncan O'Leary
Duncan works on projects looking at public services, skills and work.
at 1:07pm
on Monday, 2nd August 2004
When George Orwell wrote 1984 he probably didn’t envisage Davina McCall presiding over Friday night evictions – his version of Big Brother was about politics rather than pantomime. It is not without a touch of irony, then, that a British political party is using the 21st Century version as a way of making a point. It’s an interesting one in terms of reconnecting with voters: does it represent a welcome introduction of humour in to the political fold, or is it the kind of negative posturing that turns people off politics?
When George Orwell wrote 1984 he probably didn’t envisage Davina McCall presiding over Friday night evictions – his version of Big Brother was about politics rather than pantomime. It is not without a touch of irony, then, that a British political party is using the 21st Century version as a way of making a point. It’s an interesting one in terms of reconnecting with voters: does it represent a welcome introduction of humour in to the political fold, or is it the kind of negative posturing that turns people off politics?
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