Well Done To Joe. A Fantastic Win For The North East on the X Factor

As an annual Glastonbury goer, who loves artists like The Strokes, The Stones, Glasvegas, Iggy Pop, The Clash, Johnny Cash and Neil Young, the manufactured pop of the X Factor isn’t always to my taste. But I was shouting the house down for proud North Easterner, Joe, to win the final this evening.

He clearly has fantastic musical talent, as well as that fierce North Eastern pride and determination, which only people from our region can fully understand. His story is proof positive that when somebody from the North East goes for something, they can achieve anything.

In what has been another difficult year for all of us in the North East, it was great to see Joe give us something to cheer about this evening. North Eastern success always makes me proud to be a North Easterner and reminds us all that we are the greatest region on the planet. Well done to Joe for carrying the North Eastern flag tonight.