#SCD Good news today! @KirstieMAllsopp will not be appearing on Strictly this year.

There had been a report which said that Ms Allwaysoppy had been banned from appearing by her bosses at Channel 4 because her contract stipulates that she cannot work for other channels.

However in a turnaround which may be political in nature, she now claims that she wouldn't appear without her onscreen partner Phil somethingorother.

Oh whatever! I'm just glad she has ruled herself out/been ruled out. I cannot abide the woman. That cloying voice. The endless breathy enthusiasm and every second sentence claiming something as *amazing*. The only thing worse than having Allwayssoppy on Strictly would be having her and Phil Somethingorother on together. Those really annoying asides to each other and the strange half-hearted pretence that they may be real life partners. I am sure this is aimed at the more half-witted among the viewers.

Thank god she's out for least the next couple of years until the gruesome twosome can clear their respective diaries. But it is sure to happen because I cannot imagine that they can think up enough permutations on the property theme to keep them going to the crack of doom. But here's hoping!