Over 70,000 people have now signed the petition. To put that into perspective the UK’s largest stadium, Wembley Stadium, is almost at full capacity. 

In most industries one or two complaints made against staff or their employer, would be enough for their managers to raise concerns and check what happened, for apologies to be made, and in some cases, grievances. In precarious gig economy roles, those one or two complaints can cost people their jobs, and if three hundred complained about one or two members of staff, I’m sure it wouldn’t go unnoticed by their managerial board. 

So how is it that in the entertainment industry they can avoid so many people asking for change? 

It didn’t need to get this far, and I really honestly hoped it wouldn’t. 

When the photograph from inside Westminster Hall started circulating social media went wild. It was horrendous. You couldn’t avoid the news about these two presenters, and I got increasingly upset - not angry, but really sad that this could happen. I found it deeply upsetting because it’s not just the Queen who has died. 

Many of us understand what grief feels like, and it was horrid to be reminded of personal grief over and over again. National mourning doesn’t help process our own losses, but to see people take to the streets was humbling. I walked past the queue several times and saw people providing support for one another. I didn’t join them, but I understood its significance to those that had. It was a mix of collective grief and of celebration coming together. Positivity emerging out of sadness. 

Yet online, it was nothing but the same old same about daytime TV and two more of its hosts. I wanted the conversation to end but I knew social media doesn’t resolve anything. I felt that if ITV were to take the criticisms seriously they would need documentation, a public record - something more than social media comments that keep negativity thriving. 

That’s why this petition exists. Because of the harm the whole storm has caused, and to say that if people felt that strongly about ITV and the daytime TV show providing such little entertainment value, and deliberately misleading the public, or being continuously disrespectful, then there should be a document. 

70,000+ signatures later and I can’t believe it got this far. 

I have expressed my reasons for being concerned, and the harm that I believe these shows recurrently do. I’m so sick of ITV inquiries, and masses of Ofcom reports, but here we are with a different example. 

I have done everything I can to voice the concerns of those that have signed, including writing to Ofcom, and sending a letter to the Board of Directors at ITV. I have also stressed the significant psychological burden these shows place on their viewers and their presenters, and how mentally draining they’ve become. 

This isn’t just a petition about a queue-jump. It’s about the need for change, for hope, for something else than daytime TV and questionable journalism. Daytime TV shows are designed to keep people incarcerated. But people deserve better than that. 

That’s why I tried. Because although ITV will largely ignore those voices, at least there is a public record. And at times of economic instability, can they really afford to lose trust? 

That’s for them to decide. All we can do is agree that this has been awful, and we all deserve better. 

I want to begin the week on a more positive note, and I don’t want to think about the programme anymore. It’s kind of destroying me. Words will be twisted, but the intent was always to prevent people being hurt time and time again by these TV shows. 

I’ve asked ITV to deliver any responses relating to this to the public and not to me, as I won’t be following the news, or watching the programme, or sharing anything online, or through social media. I want nothing more than for this topic to end. I want positivity, not hostility and negativity. The concerns raised by this have been shared with Ofcom and ITV, and that’s all I can do. 

I thank you again for the continued support and for your understanding. If nothing else, we created evidence that people are growing tired, and change is needed.