'Yeah, we take pretty much anyone': My life as a 19-year-old Reform council leader

PEOPLE often say to me: ‘Shouldn’t you be out with your mates boozing and chasing girls?’ Actually they usually say ‘You’re that Reform twat, aren’t you?’ but you see what I mean.

I’m the first to admit Reform is seen as an old person’s party, but I believe there are lots of young people who’d like to be more bigoted and right-wing but can’t because of woke. That’s a bad thing, by the way.

And if you’re the sort of weird teenager who desperately wants to climb the greasy political pole, Reform is the obvious choice. We’ll let anyone join – ex-BNP members, anti-vax nutters, Lee Anderson. Seriously, you’d have more difficulty getting a Nectar card.

And that’s how I found myself leading an actual council. Luckily it’s piss-easy – a typical working day for me is: whine on about Pride flags; make up some shit about woke teachers and universities; eat a sandwich. To be honest it leaves you more time for wanking and playing Call of Duty than the school summer holidays.

I’ll admit council meetings can be challenging. But if you’re the sort of young person who joins Reform you’re likely to have been bullied at school. Occasional accusations of racism and transphobia are nothing when you’re used to being called ‘wanker’ 100 times a day. Often by the headmaster. 

I’m also pretty sure that being a Reform council leader will impress girls. It’s a well-known fact that women find power to be an aphrodisiac, although the fit waitress in Costa said she wasn’t really up for a relationship just to get a new wheelie bin.

So that’s me, and if there’s one thing I’d like people to understand, it’s that I’m not some stereotypical Reform councillor who collects golliwogs, keeps posting conspiracy crap about ‘white genocide’ on Facebook, and thinks terms like ‘darkies’ are acceptable. That’s our deputy leader, Yvonne.

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Half the viewers don't know and the other half don't care: Why we're airing MasterChef regardless, by the BBC

ARE you puzzled by the BBC’s decision to go ahead with airing the next series of MasterChef? Here the broadcaster explains its very sound reasoning.

Half the viewers don’t know and the other half don’t care

Not everyone is transfixed by the news, so the reports of sexual harassment and racist language will have passed many viewers by. Even then, those who know are probably so depressed about current events they’re willing to overlook unsavoury goings-on on a cookery show. So long as they can watch an aspiring chef balls up a moussaka, they’re happy as pigs in shit.

Not showing it would be a waste of your precious money

You lot have been whining about how your licence fee is being spent for decades, so let’s see how much you really mean it. If we shitcanned this series now – which is already recorded and ready to air, remember – we might as well be feeding your money into a shredder. Remind yourselves you actually get a lot of content from the BBC for your money, even if some of it is deeply uncomfortable sexual banter.

We know you contemptible freaks love to hate watch

Admit it. You’re not so moral that you’ll refuse to watch the next series of MasterChef just because two of the presenters are wrong ’uns. If anything it’ll make you want to tune in even more, ghoulishly studying the show to look for telltale signs of their despicable behaviour. There won’t be any, of course, but your cynical views will still count towards the final ratings. Cheers.

There’s a greater good to consider

Let’s not forget the spirit of MasterChef. It’s all about following amateur cooks who were already pretty f**king good on their culinary adventures. Gregg Wallace and John Torode aren’t the stars of the show, even though they fill up the bulk of the runtime with their blowhard opinions. You wouldn’t want to do the contestants out of their fleeting fame even if you’ll instantly forget Calvin who runs a bistro in Tarporley, would you? Didn’t think so.

MasterChef is all we’ve got now

We lost Bake Off. Top Gear has f**ked off to Prime and we ruined Doctor Who with weird woke stuff. MasterChef is all we’ve got left to bring in viewers, because Christ knows endless repeats of Pointless and the latest series of Waterloo Road aren’t pulling them in. Let us air this series and nobody has to be subjected to another Death in Paradise spin-off.