Britain’s Biggest Entertainers: One Billion Followers and Still No Idea What Country They’re In - Maybe?Britain’s top entertainers now command a combined audience of more than one billion people — roughly 15 times the UK population — yet somehow remain blissfully unaware that the country they represent is currently held together with duct tape, hope, and a queue outside A&E.
These are people who can sell out stadiums, crash websites, and start global trends with a single post… but ask them about the mood of the nation and you’ll get a carefully-worded statement about “sending love to everyone” followed by a skincare promo.
GB2GB founder Terry George commented:
“We’re not asking celebrities to fix Britain. We’re just suggesting that if you’ve got a megaphone the size of a small moon, maybe don’t use it exclusively for album drops and protein shake discounts.”
In a country where communities are drifting apart, trust is evaporating, and public debate has the emotional maturity of a pub fight at closing time, the people with the biggest platforms could — theoretically — help calm things down - after of course they have got them 'revved up.
When you perform you give them your heart and soul, and they hang on your every word.
However, many are choosing the traditional well worn British traditional of a 50's entertainer approach: Say nothing, do nothing, and hope nobody notices you live in a gated mansion - but the thing is you are not from that era - or even that century. You KNOW what is going on outside the stage door, in the towns and cities, and in the newspapers.
Top quality artists and celebrities have probably have not been asked directly to be 'of the day' before, certainly not by their accountants, managers, PR advisors, or any other 'on commission' bodies.
The problem is, with 2.5 million Millionaire and Billionaire 'celebrities' living it large - another throwback comment to the 70's - we need more wealthy influential people in the UK to help us - otherwise all the other 'Millionaire and Billionaires' with business interests will carry on exploiting the British public in their own interests.
This is NOT about politics, this is entirely about society, cohesion, community - and at the moment there is very little of that - which that needs addressing urgently before too many more children are damaged by it.
For over a decade now British media has presented a very poor service to the British public which relies it daily yet only finds division, aggression and often too much 'opinion'. Just give the public the 'news' and they will make their own minds up thank you?
Did you know for instance just 3 Multi Billionaire ' own 90% of all British right wing media - and only one of them is (shamefully) British?
“When billionaires own the news, the news serves billionaires.”
As GB2GB's owner I am not a Billionaire, Millionaire, £100,00aire or even a £10,000aire - but I am British and currently asking ordinary British people to contribute just £1 to be part of the 'Fairness and Balance of British media reporting standards' campaign.
GB2GB believes entertainers can be part of the solution — if they choose to be. Because when you reach a billion people, you’re not just part of the culture. You are the culture.
To the general British public, next time you're sharing a beer or glass of Pouilly Fume with your local Millionaire or Billionaire 'have a friendly word' please - oh, and while you're at it - send YOUR £1 over too.
Thank you, Terry George. Click Here