Sarah Brown and the Labour Party

There are very few things I like about the Labour Party. I don't like Gordon Brown, I don't like paying back my student loan and I don't really enjoy all the bowl haircuts the female members of the party seem to get (is it a maintenance thing? YES I AM TALKING ABOUT YOU HARRIET HARMAN).

However, one thing I do like is Sarah Brown. Of course, you could argue that really she has nothing to do with Labour at all, but regardless she is affiliated.

I like how at 45, she has kept her hair long and I like that she is not stick thing. I like that she always seems to wear the same shoes in a different colour and I like that she gets on well with Michelle Obama.

As a gay, I find that I am permanently drawn to strong women (blah blah blah, I know, horrendous cliche etc etc), and when - "if" is looking a tad too optimistic - the Labour party leave power next year, I will be sad to see Sarah go.

Of course, Samantha Cameron is rather great. But there is something quietly knowing about Sarah Brown that I really do enjoy.

That is all.

Jade Ewen - Sugababes 4.0 - the evolution of pop music

So as the world and his gay husband know by now, it wasn't Amelle that left the Sugababes but original member Keisha Buchanan.

She was replaced by Eurovision entrant and Making Your Mind Up winner (lest we forget) Jade Ewen.

It's all rather interesting really, I certainly didn't see it happening, despite the fact that a million people on the Popjustice forum were theorising such a move.

Anyway - here is my take on it.

Firstly, I don't feel sorry for Keisha because she does appear to be rather the little bitch. It has been reported on sites such as the Daily Mail that she made an ultimatum that it was Amelle or her. The label chose Amelle. Gutted!

However, I know everyone has said it, but they really are no longer the Sugababes are they?

The pictures that have been released of Heidi, Amelle and Jade filming their video for About A Girl, the second single from Sweet 7, does seem a far, far departure from the original line-up where it was all bootcut jeans, strappy belly tops and messy hair.

Mutya has made some good comments too, about how Jade's voice is so strong that essentially, the new line-up is her with two backing singers. BitchyMcBitch!

I was not enough of a fan previously to really care about the band that much (despite the fact that it might appear so on this blog...), all I really mind is whether or not they make good music. The new single is G-A-Y fantastic, so obvo, I love it. It's not the Babes, but it is a good dance song.

So my taking on it really, is - give a shit. It's a shame that it didn't work out so that they could keep releasing songs such as Hole in the Head, Stronger and Shape, but that's the evolution of pop.

Oh and also - I wonder what Jade will say about all this in interviews? Surely someone will ask eventually?

So it wasn't Amelle...

but Keisha who left! I'm sure we all know this now. Will place some more thoughts later…

Sugababes - Amelle quits

So it appears that Amelle has quit the Sugababes.

Not sure if anyone noticed, but just this week, previous member Siobhan Donaghy told ponystep that Keisha made her life a "living hell" when she was in the band - prompting her to leave during a promotional trip in Japan.

With Amelle quitting (and possibly being replaced by Jade Ewen!?) in the light of a bust-up with Keisha it seems pretty clear that there is a big problem in the band. That being Keisha.

Now the thing is, the Sugababes used to be good - their first few albums were realllllly good. I remember listening to Freak Like Me in the car when visiting my dad in Sunderland and thinking "who is this? what - the Sugababes?!" And from then on I kind of liked them.

But then it all went a bit tits up. As soon as Mutya left it felt as if they sold out a little bit. The music became suddenly very Cathy Dennis - of course, no bad thing in my opinion, but not the kind of sound that the Sugababes built their success on.

So, with Amelle quitting, it really is worth questioning whether or not the band should carry on at all. Their music is fine, like... ok. I probably wouldn't choose to listen to it but I wouldn't be offended if someone else put it on.

I would like to be proved wrong, but with enough members now quitting to form their own band (OMG - Siobhan, Mutya and Amelle! AMAZE), Keisha should probably start questioning her behaviour and really, they should go separate ways.

I don't think the pop music scene would be particularly lost without them.

Madonna - Jocelyn Wildenstein

Ok so I promise that this will not be the theme of the blog but JEZUZ LUZ. Madonna needs to stop with the face tinkering. She is turning into Jocelyn Wildenstein.

She is starting to look like a chubby-faced 16-year-old. And what's with the thigh high boots? WE GET IT MADONNA YOU ARE A SEXY PIECE OF GRISTLE.

Unfortunately for Madge it looks like Celebration will not be Number 1 this week either. See Madonna - looking young does not mean you will have a hit record. Just ask Dannii Minogue.

Pictures courtesy of X17 and Splash

TV Quick Awards - is Sarah Harding going to turn into Denise Welch?

So last night was the TV Quick/TV Choice awards in London. Cue a million fame hungry shlebs that love the flash of the paparazzi bulb.

Loose Women won big - and consequently those Loose Ladies let themselves go a little. Pictures later show Denise scrabbling around in the gutter among cigarette butts as she trips and drops her bag. Bless.

While looking through the pictures at work, one thing occurred to me - doesn't Denise Welch look like Sarah Harding?

Sex and the City 2 - revisiting the series' wardrobe?!

So - pictures for the new Sex and the City 2 are being leaked and it seems that Patricia Field is revising the old wardrobe...

Carrie wore this very same dress when she went to go and meet Natasha at lunch ("Now not only have you ruined my marriage, you've ruined my lunch").

It's a fucking hideous number. Come on Pat - you can do better than that...

Unless...of course...it's another flashback scene? Hmmm...