The mere shall inherit the earth

I've grown accustomed to the wannabe culture where people without any apparent talent, skill, knowledge or even graft can suddenly find themselves counted amongst the famous. Then tonight I saw a Sky News promo that featured Michael martin's bad-tempered dressing down of Kate Hoey and I thought, this man is likely to become the most famous Speaker of modern times. He will become a household name while his more distinguished predecessors will remain known only to a few.

The same observation could be made about Jackie Smith. She'll be remembered while those who could actually do the job won't.