The great Blue Peter voting scandal
Matthew d'Ancona 12:00amThe breaking news is that the BBC Blue Peter cat-naming scandal was even murkier than it first appeared. As the Beeb fessed up today, the true result of a viewer competition to choose the name of the cat - 'Cookie' was the people's choice - was over-ridden by heartless Corporation executives who imposed the name 'Socks' instead. There are now sensational allegations of electoral fraud, as the inevitable blame game begins. Apparently, there was a suspicious late surge of votes in favour of 'Cookie', leading the heirs to Reith to conclude that they must intervene - a dubious decision which has now backfired spectacularly. As any parent knows, you don't mess with children's choice of name for an animal. To adapt Quentin Tarantino on messing with another man's vehicle, You Just Don't Do It. The BBC now proposes a grovelling apology and the addition of another cat called Cookie to the Blue Peter menagerie. Personally, I think this voting scandal is far from over: not since the hanging chads of Florida.....







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J H Holloway
September 21st, 2007 12:29amSocks. The name of Clinton's Whitehouse cat. BBC White City liberal bias as usual.
The Laughing Cavalier
September 21st, 2007 8:33amIt wouldn't have happened in Valerie Singleton's day.
albert hammond bootleg
September 21st, 2007 8:52amthere was some suggestion on the wireless this morning that 'cookie' was rude slang for something or other.. anyone care to enlighten me?
Millpoint
September 21st, 2007 2:24pmRe-cookie: the Probert Encyclopaedia reveals all: "Cookie is Black-American slang for the female genitalia".
john whitworth
September 21st, 2007 2:31pmI googled cookie and slang and I can now reveal that cookie is black american slang for the female genitalia. But would Blue Peter people know that?
seventieskid
September 23rd, 2007 12:56amIt should not have been done. We're still reeling from the 'Fred'/Freda' scandal
jane meehan
September 23rd, 2007 1:08am'Fred', 'Freda'. Need I say more???