EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

this. just because something is popular does not mean it is better.

How many X-factor contestants will be remembered in a few years let alone decades or centuries? There's a reason for that: it's pop cultural dross and it's not elitist to point out that out, nor snobbish to encourage 'the youf' to pursue more meaningful and enriching art forms that produce careers and interests that don't culminate in running over your own head after eating too many baked potatoes.

I mean, look at Charlotte Church if you need a cautionary tale about dabbling in pop. Or Jimmy Saville for that matter-the paedo godfather of an entire musical edifice.