Stephen Fry (pic: Wikimedia sharealike)
The US-based Fair Vote site makes the very valid point that some attempt at civic education needs to be done in advance of any proposals for electoral reform. It particularly concerns the actor Richard Dreyfuss who makes one or two pithy points on the subject:
“Don’t call it ‘civics’ because ‘civics’ is easily the most boring word in America,” Dreyfuss says. “Call it what it is: political power.”
If Gordon Brown is serious about a public debate on this matter, perhaps this is another role for celebrity? A creative way of visualising an issue is one thing, but nothing can get issues accross as effectively as … well … Stephen Fry (let’s be specific, shall we?).
He may be coming almost ubiquitous now (he’s even stepping into Humphrey Littleton’s shoes on ‘I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue‘ – a step too far perhaps?) but I suppose that it’s yet another job for him?
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