[Janette]

I think it's good that Big Brother has warned the housemates before giving them the strikes, but I do think BB is being slightly too harsh.

the first week, the housemates had their one magazine each confiscated and they had no tasks to keep them occupied, so what else could they do but talk!

And it's very hard to spend a week talking without saying something which could be misconstrued as talking about nominations!

If BB could start giving them decent tasks, then I think a lot of the bitchiness and whispered comments would stop!