Whatever controversial political or societal issues might threaten to divide the British public, it's comforting to know that there's one thing that we as a nation are all united in, as surely as if it were written in our DNA: our contempt for David Blaine.
Now, in the least impressive stunt of his career, he's planning to stay in a fish tank for 7 days with lines for air and food. I'm not sure if he's going to pee in the tank, but for the sake of visibility I hope they circulate the water.
I was never the biggest fan of Blaine's variety of off-the-shelf street magic, but at least he was actually doing tricks of some sort (even if they were sometimes camera tricks). I don't see the value of these endurance stunts at all, which could surely be replicated by any reasonably fit man with abundant free time to train. Breaking the world record for holding breath would be a genuine achievement, but I don't think there's even the slightest chance of him actually doing so. (If I'm proven wrong on this, and the new record is independently authenticated, I'll gladly write a fawning entry full of nothing but praise for the god Blaine.)
Blaine is a magician who no longer does magic. Perhaps the most impressive trick he could pull off would be to convince anyone that submerging himself in water for 7 days (with air and food) is interesting, remarkable, or praiseworthy. But I think that's probably well beyond his talents.
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