VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1365665438|CONTENT|Lucy is indeed talking sense.

My first impressions, when seeing Paris Brosn on the TV, were:

a)  If she&#039;s blubbing her eyes out on camera in such an emotionally incontinent manner, then maybe she&#039;s really not the person for the job. Perhaps they need to get somebody more mature.

b) I would have thought that it would be a good idea to employ someone a little older with more of an air of authority about her than someone aged 17. I remember the setup of my youth club many years ago: you don&#039;t really afford respect when you&#039;re a contemporary of the kids you&#039;re responsible for. Nobody was a youth leader who was actually that young themselves.

c) If she was genuinely the best that could be found for the job, then that&#039;s a worry. Notwithstanding point b) above, surely she has contemporaries who have more of an air of dignity and gravitas about them?

d) The whole exercise smacks of a Blairy &quot;cool Britannia&quot; sort of PR &quot;yoof&quot; exercise, which as a concept is utterly laughable. I remember when Janet Street-Porter was made some sort of commissioner for &quot;yoof&quot; back in the 80&#039;s (? might have been 90&#039;s) and the same sort of reaction was had then - although J S-P made a damn good fist of it.

e) Finally, the message had already emerged as a meme on Facebook, for example, where the question was asked: Is anybody ever going to be able to stand for President again? &quot;Hey look, back when you were 14 you called someone a faggot on facebook!&quot; etc.
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