but, i mean, is there something in his argument? and i know his critics will say it was a self serving argument and all the rest of it and he s clearly made a lot of money from going in and all that. but that argument that says that for politicians and political argument to cut through, going into the places where there are big audiences, where people are seen in the round, everyone is three dimensional but sometimes the prisms of westminster can crush people down to a caricature, it s kind of worth doing, actually? i think it s really interesting. - was it was barack 0bama i who said that his campaign started by going to people s living rooms and ten people turning up and them spreading the word. i so, i guess, when we are knocking on doorsteps i canvassnna. that s what we are trying to do, albeit very, very tiny sense compared to i m a celebrity. of course you have things like ed balls whojust did so well on strictly and became a bit of a national treasure as a result of that.
it was a self serving argument and all the rest of it and he s clearly made a lot of money from going in and all that. but that argument that says that for politicians and political argument to cut through, going into the places in the round, everyone is three dimensional, but sometimes the prisms of westminster can crush people down to a caricature, is kind of worth doing, actually? i think it s really interesting. - was it was barack obama i who said that his campaign started by going to people s living rooms and ten people turning upl so, i guess, when we re knocking on doorsteps canvassing, - that s what we re trying to do, albeit very, very tiny - sense compared to i m a celebrity. of course, you have things like ed balls, whojust did so well on strictly and became a bit of a national treasure as a result of that. but i think there s a huge difference between doing that and doing something whilst parliament is sitting. and i m sorry to be like the grinch here, but ijust think it s