Auntie Beeb she say: U2 star Bono has been named a Person of the Year by Time magazine, honouring his rare ability to combine the duties of a pop star with those of a global campaigner.

I find this so depressing. Bono represnts precisely no one. He's just providing a fig leaf for politicians who can appear to be caring on issues like Africa by humouring the big egotist. Having Bono address your party confernce is the political equivilant of putting a penny in a charity box and hoping people think it's a quid.

Sorry, but I sent a comment to the BBC website but they won't publish it so you have to put up with my spleen venting instead.