Just for the record, I have never watched I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, and have no intention whatsoever of ever doing so. I think I’ve articulated my objections to reality TV here before, albeit a while ago, but any program which would platform failed politicians who knowingly deceived the country into voting for something manifestly against it’s best interests, isn’t worth watching. Like any art form, television is capable of showing us wonderful things, bringing the world into our living rooms: I love watching Sir David Attenborough’s natural history documentaries, or the travelogues of Sir Michael Palin. I love programs like Red Dwarf, Star Trek, as well as classics like Yes Minister and Monty Python. To see TV used for this shit, in which so-called celebrities are flown across the world to some Australian rain forrest, to be filmed eating zark-knows-what for our entertainment, seems an utter, utter waste. I see it as nothing more than is an insult to our collective intelligence.

The fact that certain charlatans now seem to be trying to use it to boost their profiles only adds to my distain. No doubt he’ll attempt to use the show as a way to address the public, justify himself and boost his public image and reputation. Any television channel which would allow itself to be used like that isn’t worth wasting our time viewing. Thus not only will I not be watching the program, I’ll be boycotting ITV entirely, and would ask anyone reading this to do the same.