Pink Fire Pointer The enduring evil at the heart of our civilisation...

The enduring evil at the heart of our civilisation...

X Factor is still here.



Teenage singer Frankie Cocozza set the tone for the show – and possibly the entire format – when he was asked by presenter Dermot O'Leary why he had turned up to the first London audition.



"I don't know ... I just want to be famous," said the 18-year-old from Brighton.




Quite. Note the Graun has filed this report under 'Culture'. Ugh!



Big Brother (also filed under Culture) is also still here.



The Tories, everybody hates them (except the Lib Dems, who hate themselves), but they're still around and lovin' it. Check out the quote:



One of the greatest inequalities in our society is the way so many resources go to the elderly, rather than the young...




Those old folks, bastard codgers trying to enjoy their retirement. It's almost as if they think a lifetime of work entitles them to it. It bet it was pensioners who caused the recession.



Will Smith is coming back... hide!



News International: it would be easier just to start from the assumption that everybody is guilty, we just have to work out if anyone's innocent.



Four years for organising a riot that never happened. C'mon, who's going to be stupid enough to go to a riot advertised on a public forum?



And finally, it's almost not news, as you could cut and paste this from any time in the last few years... unemployment is up, despite the government's best efforts to, um, drive it up.