Dancing With Death

From The Metro:

[Ann Widdecombe], booted [sic] off Strictly at the weekend after ten weeks, said she was not planning on carrying on dancing in any formal sense.

But she told Radio Times: "I know there will be a moment soon when I’ve resumed my normal exercise of moor walking and I’m stomping over a wet bit of Dartmoor in my hiking boots, I will look down at my unpromising footwear and then all around me to make sure no one is watching. Then, before the startled eyes of roaming cattle, I shall dance around the damp, uneven ground, imagining myself in a glittering gown, waltzing in the arms of Anton Du Beke."

Best of luck with that.

Strictly Come Dancing

Harman: Strictly Come Dancing guilty of 'racism'

From The Metro:

Equality Minister Harriet Harman today hit out at the axing of performer Alesha Dixon from Strictly Come Dancing, saying she was a victim of "race discrimination". Ms Harman urged the BBC to bring the 30-year-old, whose father was Jamaican, back to the hit celebrity talent show.

Dixon will be replaced on the judging panel by white British choreographer Arlene Phillips, who judged the competition in 2007 and 2008, when the show returns in the autumn.

During Commons questions on upcoming business, Ms Harman, who is also Commons Leader, told MPs: "I think it's absolutely shocking that Alesha Dixon is not going to be a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. And as equality minister, I am suspicious that there is race discrimination there. So I'd like to take the opportunity of asking the BBC - it is not too late, we want Alesha Dixon in the next edition of Strictly Come Dancing."

I shit ye not.

John and Kristina's Last Dance

I must admit that although I've only been a passive consumer of Strictly Come Dancing (because Mrs W insists on watching it), I found their 'last dance' strangely moving. Yes, I know it's cynical escapism, dumbing down and completely staged, but hey ...



John and Kristina saying goodbye had us in tears...