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It can’t be denied that Jim and Luisa have made the show entertaining but it is Linda (like her or not, and I don’t) who was the catalyst that made this one of the best CBB’s ever. (And most agree that it has been). Since she went out, it’s been boring tbh. The other main theme, the ‘love triangle’ was just a distracting sideshow and on its own it wouldn’t have made the series so watchable. No, it was the Jim/Linda dynamic that had most people riveted.

Jim played a blinder of a game when Linda was there. She handed the poor victim role to him on a plate and he cleverly used it to the fullest advantage with his manipulation and passive aggressive skills.

Since she has been gone, his guard has slipped. He is working the public like puppets as usual, but he has over played his hand.

The set – up talk with Luisa about not being sexist – does anyone really believe that a man who has been working the comedy circuit for years and uses sexist jokes as part of his act was really only discovering for the first time that he might be sexist and asking a young girl for her opinion?

Then the staged talk with Ollie to show the viewers he wasn’t homophobic. Why would he ask a bisexual man if he had a ‘boyfriend’ on the outside? Why not just ‘someone special’? Why even ask when he knew Ollie wanted to be with Sam? Does Ollie seem like a two – timer?

Both those examples were so cringe worthy and obvious. There have been numerous other little things that can be spotted if you aren’t wearing rose tinted glasses. Then his perving on Casey – will the majority of the voting GBP think that is as appropriate, funny and ‘heart warming’ as so many do here?

Has he blown it since Linda left? I think it’s probably too late to stop his win. I think Jim deserves to win anyway for suckering so many people into voting for him. Without Linda, he may not have done it judging from his performance since she left.
So I think he may have it in the bag. The GBP will get the winner they deserve – a piss and **** the bed fairly brainless winner last time, a pervy bigot this time. Somehow GB doesn’t seem so Great any more.

But it was a great series, and you should all thank Linda for that!