It seems that the former leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, now sees herself as a media celebrity; she is to be a contestant in the cretinous programme 'I'm a celebrity, get me out of here'.
Dugdale isn't the first politician to demonstrate this type of desire for media exposure and she's unlikely to be the last. Sadly, the level of basic intelligence and self respect of our representatives has rarely, if ever, been so low; far too many are little more than loud-mouthed egotists or rabble-rousing blow-hards.
Dugdale follows in the footsteps of Nadine Dorries, Ed Balls and Penny Mordaunt, all of whom have debased themselves in similar television shows in recent times. Boris Johnson has made appearances on 'Have I got News for You' as have other political figures such as Ken Livingstone. Jeremy Corbyn recently appeared in something called 'Celebrity Gogglebox', whatever that may be and many others have popped up in various television 'soaps' or radio quizzes.
All of this is about appearing to be 'one of the people' and it's all equally tasteless. These people have been elected to represent us, not to entertain us and for them to see themselves as celebrities is egotistical in the extreme. If they have a message to communicate, let them do it in a forthright way, don't have them simply pretending to be cuddly figures who are our friends and just like 'ordinary people'. No matter how friendly and warm they may appear to be, they aren't; they are the ones with the power and they'll do anything to keep it, and themselves in the limelight.
It's no wonder that our country is struggling when our politicians see themselves as entertainers and our entertainers too often use their celebrity status to voice political opinions. Whatever happened to the notion of sticking to the 'day job' ?
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