Nadine is doing something to get into the news again. On her uncommentable blog, she announces this:
On Sunday morning I’m being collected by Channel 4 at 8am, and being delivered with a film crew to a tower block housing estate somewhere in London.
I have no idea what is happening, where I am going, or who I will be staying with – although I think I’m staying with a number of different people on various nights.
Upon arrival, my personal possessions, including my clothes, money and mobile phone, are being taken away.
Love productions, on behalf of C4, are providing the clothes I need when I arrive.
I know that problematic situations have been ’set up’ but I don’t know what they are. I’m there for a whole week.
Security will be with us the whole time, even when sleeping.
One of the objectives is for me to experience the problems that the residents have to face on a daily basis and for residents to challenge and get to know an MP.
I’ve put in bold the two sentences that don’t make sense. That’s something that makes these people carry weapons and turn to crime. They have no security. Stick her there for a week without security, then she’d realise how scary it is.
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How desperate for publicity does a person have to be to agree to be locked away for a week in an unknown location to do unknown things with unknown people?
That’s the sort of thing I’d expect a tabloid celeb with a book to promote to agree to, not an elected MP.
Well said. This kind of thing has been done before. It can only give the very smallest notion of what life is like on these estates.
You can put up with anything for a week; you know you are going back to a massive salary, big house, excellent expenses and dinner at “The Ivy”.
Just one more thing… looking at the picture you put up, why is it that men still have to wear suits and shirts and ties in parliament, but women appear to be able to dress as if they are heading off for a day on teh beach? Is that equal rights or something?