Was Jo Brand out of order.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....on-London-suburb.html

Even when appearing on a satire show, it seems that one has to be careful what one says.

Regarding the photo of the complainant anf published in the Daily Mail, one would be given the false impression that Angelina Purcell was a 'happy go lucky' kind of person, just goes to prove how much photographs can lie.

[Canary42]

"There's no such thing as bad publicity"

Angelina has ensured Streatham gets in the news.

[nannybooby]

I like Jo she says it as she sees it ,it is after all just her opinion .One mans meat and all that so whats the fuss ?

[woofgang]

No but Russell Brand was.

[DTCwordfan]

she gets villified for telling the truth?

[ummmm]

No...she's entitled to her opinion.

[Davethedog]

Nope she was right I have been to Streatham

[emmie]

as usual someone jumps on the bandwagon, i haven't been to St Reatham for a while but last time i looked it needed a makeover, preferably to someplace else.

[Zeuhl]

Jo Brand's job is to make people laugh. Most viewers will have found the Streatham comment amusing

Angelina Purcell's job is to promote Streatham so she is obliged to respond. Which she did, in a reasonable manner.

End of story.

Except, isn't it pronounced St Reatham?

[New Judge]

What I don't understand more than anything is why Streatham should need a “Town Centre Manager”. It is not a town. It is a small part of the London Borough of Lambeth.

Apparently Ms Purcell (who has for some unknown reason been awarded an MBE) “...works with council and police officers to focus on Streaham's (sic) issues, as well as providing support for local businesses.” She also “...markets the great things about Streatham, including the High Road and its leisure venues, to boost Streatham as a sustainable commercial town centre.”

Methinks (a) she has ideas above Streatham’s station, (b) she has her work cut out and (c) she has no sense of realism or of humour. Her salary may be better spent employing two or three police oficers.

[emmie]

zeuhl, as i mentioned... I too wonder, at not just this place, but others who campaign to have a Mayor, massive budgets, and in Tower Hamlets case city status, why?

[Zeuhl]

it's growth innit
evolution
survival of the fittest
stake your claim before the borough next door swallows you up


oh, and not forgetting self-aggrandisement for the local officials.

[emmie]

Tower Hamlets has a leader that makes Ken Livingstone look sane.

[sp1814]

Firstly, Jo Brand is only partially right. Streatham is like South London's answer to Dalston. It is quite near Wandsworth, Clapham and Balam (like Dalston is near Islington and Clerkenwell) - neither area compare particularly well with their neighbours.

You live in Streatham when you can't afford Clapham.

I wouldn't live there, but I wouldn't exactly call it a ****hole (it has some lovely Victorian houses - but rubbish transport links).

Also, Jo Brand is a national treasure. Her last comedy ('Getting On') is one of the best sitcoms of the past ten years, and let's not forget, it was Jo Brand who spoke up against Carol Thatcher calling Jo-Wifried Tsiona a g*llywog.

For these two things alone, I think we should cut Ms Brand some slack.

[sp1814]

AOG

You wrote:

"Regarding the photo of the complainant anf published in the Daily Mail, one would be given the false impression that Angelina Purcell was a 'happy go lucky' kind of person"

Should she be frowning? Crying? Punching a solid brick wall?

[andy-hughes]

i think new Judge has got to the heart of the matter - as usual.

Ms. Brand makes more or less the same comment about everywhere she visits, it is seen as a part of her humour, and in no way is it intended to be taken seriously - anymore than when she walks on stage an says "I'll just move the mic. stand out of the way ... there, now you can see me ...!

She is a comic perfomer - if her utterences are intended to be serious, I am sure she will flag them appropriately, otherwise, assume she is being humerous.

[emmie]

a friend lived in St Reatham and it was a dump then, his flat wasn't bad but the area largely run down. But there are loads of areas like this in London.
Our has been made that way by the dross that have been dumped on the doorstep, sorry if that offends, but that is my view.

[Zeuhl]

the false impression that Angelina Purcell was a 'happy go lucky' kind of person, just goes to prove how much photographs can lie.

yes Old Git

them coloured folks always looks so cheerful with their big white teeth an'all.

and as for them photos that lie - they are tricky customers aren't they?

One minute they're smiling - click

and then they're something else

It's all wrong

You just can't trust some kinds of people L O L

[chaptazbru]

Jo Brand is funny, she was funny on Not the Nine o'clock News and if she said my home town was a sh**hole, I'd have to agree with her !!!

[emmie]

chap, don't you mean Have I got news for you?