Other pop, world and jazz CDs Search executive jobsSearch all jobs What's happened to the British hack pack? At glitzy press conferences, the joke was always on hapless Hans from the German pop papers whose every question was a masterclass in obsequiousness. 'So Madonna/Paris/Chantelle - why is it that you are so very very brilliant?
' From the sniggering tabloids there would be a cheeky question showing we Brits weren't awed by celebrity. The Spice Girls' launch at the O2 Arena last week cried out for a piss-take: here we were hours into Gordon Brown's premiership at the sodding Millennium Dome with sodding Sporty, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Posh - how old school Cool Britannia could you get? Before the five trotted on, we were treated to an introduction from actor Richard E Grant, who subjected us to a barrage of statistics: 55 million records in a five-year career, nine UK number one singles, the fastest-selling British band since the Beatles.
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