On a day when a common thief has his life and times celebrated by no less than the British Broadcasting Association one wonders just what we can expect to see in the future.
I wonder had Genghis Khan been around when the BBC had reporters, cameras and large amounts of taxpayers money to waste then no doubt he would have had two live docs and an invite to Celebrity Come Dancing, oh and no doubt he would have explained that his past was his past and he is a changed man, just like Biggs said he was "once a crook", sorry Mr Biggs, once a crook always a crook.
You see, I hate to put a dampener on this party but the facts speak rather louder than the man himself, that in itself is no small task given his gob was big enough for 10 such bullies of his ilk. This is a man who savagely beat a train driver over the head because he wanted to steal. That's all there is to it. He is no hero, he shouldn't rest in peace he should rot in hell and the BBC should follow on in his footsteps for once again wasting our money on such clap trap. The fact this program about a a sadistic pure thug comes so soon after the ridiculously extensive Mandela coverage should not be surprising, indeed I am awaiting a huge announcement that the Beeb have done a fly on the wall documentary during Mandela's funeral and followed the family around until the burial and even now have two reporters and an outside broadcast team monitoring "life after Mandela's death" followed by "Has he risen yet?"
Don't get me wrong, Mandela was a man of true grit, he was not an angel and in fact at one point was deemed a terrorist after the ANC turned to violence, but the big difference between Mandela and Biggs is that Mandela did it for a cause, to help free his country, Biggs did it for greed to fill his pockets.
So why is Auntie Beeb showing highlights of a low life's career instead of the highlights of say Jim Flint's career for instance, who, as a decorated Lancaster Bomber was 100 recently and sadly passed away today?
Simple. Biggs was a big mouth, a low life, a crook, but he also believed in his heart of hearts that he was a respectable villain and he dragged ALL the wishy washy liberal minded middle and upper class with him on a wave of undeserved notoriety and ill-judged respect. The rest of us ditch walking lower classes knew exactly what Biggs was, a thieving bully and a scumbag, no more no less. The reason an ex Lancaster pilot doesn't get headlines is because he is a working class hero and God help the BBC if it dare be seen to support the common man, how vulgar.
If I were in charge of this country I would scrap the BBC in a heartbeat, it was once a bastion of Britishness, a fortress for truth and righteousness. Now it is politically guided, prejudiced and incapable of giving the majority of its real audience a balanced or unbiased view of our world today, if it had a back bone it wouldn't be showing anything about Biggs, let alone two shows in two days and I for one will not be watching, although Genghis Khan on Celebrity Dancing would possibly get my vote, well at least the judges would be a little more respectful.
