[James]

Originally Posted by angus58

Have to agree with all of this - she actually is a vile human being and I'm gobsmacked that, despite her overt manipulative and spiteful behaviour in the house, she has any following at all. Her jolly country yokel persona has certainly done the job for her. But it's not for nothing that she can't get a visa to visit Australia(according to John James). She probably has criminal convictions, and these days they're fussy about who they let in to their country.

Originally Posted by angus58

I got this from a post by James about an interview that John James had with an Australian newspaper.

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=170215

John James says Josie doesn't have "enough points". Now I know for a fact that unless you have certain criminal convictions you will not be denied a tourist visa at least, and it does seem odd that, considering John James is supposedly head over heels in love with Josie and is very close to his mum, that he has not taken his beloved to Oz to meet his friends and family.

You only need a certain amount of "points" if you are considering working and living in Australia.

When she was in Big Brother she talked (it was on live feed) about having been offered the chance a while ago to work in Australia. That was before Big Brother. I am sure that is what he meant in that interview, he wasn't talking about a tourist visa. They're much more strict about giving visas if you are planning to stay and work. You've just made out of nowhere that she has criminal convictions that means she can't get a tourist visa.

I think most people that watched Big Brother, and from what I've read, the people that have met her since, would say she has a good-natured personality. As far a calling her - or any Big Brother housemate - a 'vile human being' I think a sense of perspective is required? Big Brother was a show in which a group of people lived in a house for three months. I'd say it is pretty difficult to do anything in that environment which is bad enough to deserve that description. It has to be said that a by-product of the format of the show was some bizarre over-the-top judgements and hatreds of certain housemates. They are having their every-move analysed be viewers and the HMs are often being criticised for what is perfectly normal, everyday behaviour.