British PM 'approached as TV show judge'

Source: BBC

Producers have approached Gordon Brown to star in an Apprentice-style TV show, it has emerged after a second Cabinet minister's papers were photographed.

Hazel Blears was carrying a print-out of an e-mail about the show, provisionally titled "Junior PM", to Tuesday's Cabinet meeting. Her spokesman said later there had been contact with TV producers, but nothing had been agreed.

The e-mail to Ms Blears, from producer Margaret McCabe, says the show for young politicians would aim for an "Apprentice meets Maria/Strictly Come Dancing audience", and go out on BBC One.

It says, as a judge on the programme, Mr Brown could become "more popular than Alan Sugar".

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7399700.stm

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As much as I think that the UK government needs a few new ideas, it doesn't need this idea.

Though perhaps Gordon does need to tell a few of his Ministers, "You're Fired!"

Mr Brown could become "more popular than Alan Sugar"

How on earth is Alan Sugar the benchmark for public popularity? Jeremy Clarkson maybe (even though he's a wingnut) but Sir Alan Sugar?

:banghead:

The only bright spot on this is that the BBC denies "producer Margaret McCabe" is anything to do with them, and a Google search doesn't show anything about her - apart from this story, which is very surprising for someone in the media. So perhaps it's just a hoax that Blears fell for.

But talk about devaluing the office of PM. "I've got to take time off from running the country to promote myself on the BBC in a farce of a 'reality' show". It'd stand almost no chance of getting past bias rules, too. They could get away with getting Portillo or someone to do it. But the serving PM? I'd expect the Queen to forbid it.

I cannot beleive this, however i don't like the idea of british politics turning into a showcase on national TV as in the USA