to wonder if MN can actually agree on there being a person in the public eye who we all admire?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Is there any celebrity well known person that is admired/deemed acceptable by the whole of MN?

I doubt it.

I'll start by throwing Lauren Laverne and Timmy Mallet into the mix.

Morgan Freeman is a Goody then.

I've got a man idea!

Ronnie Barker!

Queen Dolly and King Ronnie!

It even nearly rhymes!

I admire Steve Redgrave. Okay he isn't a 'celebrity' but he is in the public eye. Amazing man.

So Gok "lovely darling, lovely" Wan and More Than Freeman are definite yes's (?)

I read somewhere that Morgan Freeman has had loads of affairs

affair with his step granddaughter

Jamie Oliver

Oh dear - re: Mr Freeman

Gok "women, be fabulous" Wan.

Still a contender (?)

Also Dolly P.

hi .. i've been off the radar a bit long..I wonder about 'admiring'.. but worth talking and disagreeing about, yes??

Peter Kay.

Tony Benn

i'm voting for stephen fry

or that george bloke from bbc news - he seems nice

Benn is bonkers. Churchill was - by our standards - a racist, although he did support the suffragettes.

But Clarkson, grovel? On this of all forums do I have to remind anybody what he said about the Ipswich murders?

I most emphatically do not agree with Stephen Fry.

Can't be arsed to trawl through whole thread - has anyone suggested Joan Bakewell?

Trevor McDonald

I love Tony Benn- he was the only one who stood up to Ali G properly instead of trying to be down with the kids, yet was completely unpompous. Mary Beard is an excellent suggestion. And I'm enjoying the woman who presents The Origins Of Us on at the moment, but as I don't know her name yet, she's not really National Treasure status yet.

I like Michelle Obama-has she been suggested yet?

Ooh, and seeing as I've over-used the word 'yet' in that post, which makes me think of yetis (yeties?), that reminds me of another good one: David Attenborough. I'd like him to be my grandad.

Susan Sarandon?

Oooh, and how could I forget feminist Ryan Gosling?

Joanna Lumley. Absolute diamond, no?

Angelina Jolie - Salt.

Great role model for assertiveness.

The character? Because I think the actress is quite flawed as a role model or person to admire.

Bill Bailey.

I mean Salt.