“Did you win a competition?”) has somehow again made him England’s man of the moment. In a debacle that should have delighted him, the final broadcast was all Alan. Abandoned just before broadcast by Jennie (actually, a sad loss for the viewer), he must steer the ship alone, straight into the nearest rocks. We’re always allowed much more insight into Alan than he is, of course. Alan, with his uncontrollable media voice and ungovernable thought pattern, may as well be the new emperor of England, and even he knows he isn’t wearing any clothes.

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2019 12:22 UTC