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Daffodil · 06-09-2008, 09:58 AM

The Following is an extract from the latest Grace Dent blog on the Channel 4 BB Site:

"And by God, I've tried to make Rex go home. You can't fault my spirit, even if you disagree with my cause. HOW is Rex still there? HOW!? Does my opinion and powers of wildly unhinged rhetoric count for nothing?

(short answer: no) How many Sundays have I sat on that orange sofa chuntering away, like Stalin let loose in Karen Millen, imploring Britain's masses to rise up kick Lord Snooty's arse back to Hampstead?

(answer: every Sunday, all Summer 2008 long. I may as well have gone down Southend and shouted at the sea to retreat). Because what did I achieve? Hang on, let me switch on E4 a moment...OH LOOK THERE'S REX! He's in the kitchen, wandering about in his grey singlet and his overly tight white Donny Tourette denims. He's made it to the final.

Of course, what I should admit about Rex is that, despite him pushing every one of my Class War/Eat the Rich buttons, he has been a 'great' housemate.

Great in so much as he certainly gave me a lot to cogitate over. I've spent weeks ruminating on how kids can be being born into such wealth, be surrounded by such strong role-models, be showered with such stellar connections and opportunities and can turn out so vicious, non-empathetic and at times, so utterly daft. And that's fine if Rex's breed aren't affecting anyone, but it's his ilk of person who usually ends up in charge.

For example, does anyone who's ever worked their way up from nothing to a position of power in a company think that assistants do '**** all' and have no stress? This was one of Rex's illuminating little rants this week. There's no stress in assisting. It's just 'getting a few ******* coffees and sandwiches'. Not stress like Rex knows it. Rex knows all about real work.

What's been fun about the Rex saga, is observing how good old fashioned deference to the upper classes is certainly alive and well in Britain today. No one in the house has ever truly challenged Rex about his concept of life.

No one's ever suggested to him that his life might just be a bit hollow and lonely and crap. Maybe that's why he's so unpleasant and dissatisfied? No, whatever Rex has told the housemates about food, travel, manners, society or his personal life they lap up as gospel truth.

Not even Lisa, who's years older than Rex, but from a very poor northern background, has ever questioned the innate wisdom of that small ginger boy stood by her side in the kitchen quite literally telling her how to boil an egg. So, all in all,I can understand how Rex has made it to the final. And how he'll no doubt be on our TV screens for a good while to come.

Hey they can give him a cookery show and he can behave like Gordon Ramsay and roar at people and make them cry!? Won't that be great? People lap that type of thing up. Well most people, I prefer The Hairy Bakers with their soppy love of a nice pie and a well risen sponge. I like all the laughing and being lovely and treating people with respect. I'm clearly completely mad."

I so agree with every word. How on Earth did he never get evicted or kicked off?