It's no joke, let's all vote

HERE are certain contests on television where a public vote would make no sense. MasterChef, for example, and Bake Off.

- Mike Ward

How could we pass judgment on food we couldn’t taste? It would be nothing short of madness.

To be honest, I don’t even like voting for my favourite couple on Strictly. Because that’s all it can ever be: a vote for my favourites, not a vote for the pair I knew for sure had done the best dancing.

I'm not remotely qualified to judge anyone’s technical ability on a dancefloor. I can barely tell a Viennese waltz from a Viennese whirl. I do, however, know what makes me laugh. And you, I’m guessing, feel the same.