Some people just don't know when to leave the stage and Esther Rantzen is one of them. As a youngster, I could not stand her That's Life programme with lots of smug presenters laughing like drains over singing dogs and suggestive vegetables. They had this slot where Esther, uusally wearing an Abigail's Party-type frock would "investigate" some consumer injustice which was in actuality just an excuse for her to parade her own ego.
Last year, she was making a prat of herself in the jungle in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here so, naturally, she now has political aspirations. Apparently, she has ignored the advice of almost everyone and is intent on standing in Luton South as a "people's candidate" What rubbish. Rantzen was a huge fan of Thatcher and supported those dreadful ralies they had in the 1980's with Keny Everett telling everyone to go and bomb Russia. The notion that she would be in any way credible is risible and sad. Still, a good boost for whoever the Labour candidate might be.
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