My attention has been drawn to another little video made by Radio 1's Newsbeat - like the "what would you do if you were PM?" video but more mental. It stars "Page 3 stunnah" Peta Todd (the above photo was the only suitable one I could find) and it tells first-time voters how to vote.
I am not complaining about the idea of this. Encouraging young people to vote is good, as I believe I've mentioned before. Presumably the keywords "23-year-old glamour model video" will get a lot of young men to pay attention, although perhaps not for long.
The instructions themselves, though, are ridiculous. Not only does Peta guide us through a website where we can register to vote without giving the actual name of the organisation or the site's URL, she also doesn't really seem to understand how one finds one's polling station. And I quote...
"On election day, keep your eyes peeled for big signs like this that say
'polling station' [points to sheet of paper saying POLLING STATION] -
they'll probably be in a school or a hall or something like that."
Excellent advice, Peta. If I somehow wander into a bogus polling station on May 6th and get beaten to death by a politically-motivated psychopath I will blame YOU.
By the way, that website where you can register to vote is this one. Heaven knows why the BBC can't promote it - perhaps it's not mad or 'yoof-oriented' enough and would show the Peta Todd video up for the insane idea it truly is. The Peta Todd video can be found here.
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