I didn't comment on Big Brother this year and didn't have a bet on it either. After last year's decision to send Cameron to South Africa, a move that helped propel him to victory, I didn't want to expose myself to the whims of the production team. But although I made no bets, I did watch a little of it from the middle onwards.
The show itself is still amazingly boring, but I thought that it illustrated a point worth making about the future of Britain. Imagine that in 20 years time, the producers decide to make a version of the show featuring the children of those who were in it this year. Who could participate?
Well Nadia won't be sending any kids to the Big Brother household; it's biologically impossible. Marco, the effeminate homosexual is not likely to be a father. Nor is Dan, the gay man who only sleeps with straight men. Kitten was firmly lesbian when we last saw her.
So who does it leave then? Victor maybe, if he can find a woman who can understand a word he says and is prepared to tolerate his aggression and self-importance. Perhaps Vanessa, Emma, Shell, Michelle and Becki. Some of them claimed to be bisexual and none are mothers. They could still have families but by historic standards, several of them are actually leaving it late.
Perhaps Jason could be a Dad, but he's already thirty and still seems far too preoccupied with his own body to have much interest in anyone else's. Stuart has a serious chance with the ladies, so that could produce a kid or two.
Did I leave anyone out? Ah yes, there's Ahmed, the asylum seeker made good (funny how people who come to this country can spot opportunity while so many of us who were born here see only obstacles). I felt quite sorry for him, stuck in the house with the other vacuous morons. It must have come as a serious shock to him that none of them could even start to have a serious conversation with him. That's what made him so unpopular.
He's already got six children. Of course he's 44 and has had more time than the others, but it's six more than half of them will ever have. So when the producers of this "2024 Children of BB5 Special" have to go casting for contestants, they have got six mini-Ahmeds to start with. Will they be like the children of the others? Not likely. If he teaches them to place their faith in the Koran, they will most likely be slightly disapproving of homosexual behaviour, opposed to the idea of changing sex and traditional in their expectations of the roles of men and women.
I know it's a crude demonstation, but I think it serves as an interesting microcosm of Britain's future. The indigenous British are not breeding to replacement level. It's happening all across Europe too. France is now close to 10 per cent Muslim
I can't help worrying slightly about this. I am an atheist. I don't want any religion, certainly not one that hasn't undergone any sort of Enlightenment, intruding on my life. I want gay people to have the freedom to life their lives the way they see fit, even though it's not for me. I want gambling to be legal and available to all over 18. I want abortion to be legal.
And I see all of this being endangered by a growing section of society who will reject my values.
_ DY
at 3:12 AM BST
Updated: Friday, 13 August 2004 3:30 AM BST
