10 reasons why Question Time is like Big Brother
As part of my new year's resolutions and after being inspired by the likes of Greg Jericho/Grog's Gamut, I said I'd write a blog on something I'd researched on a bi-monthly basis. Instead, I came up with this; the blog equivalent of a forwarded email. Fuck it, I'll do better next time. In any case, I've been reflecting on our House of Representatives' behaviour during Question Time, and it occurred to me today that there are several striking parallels to Big Brother. Before I get settled in to my argument, I have a confession to make. I loved Big Brother. I watched it religiously for every single season it was on air (I don't count the last one because Gretel wasn't hosting). I bought a 3 mobile phone so I could watch it in bed even before they had Big Brother Up Late with Mike Goldman et al . Inexplicably, I bought TWO rubber egg-laying chickens , a lanyard and a BB06 cap from the website when I wasn't busy tying up my employer's