Simon Cowell, whoever produces Strictly, and the US government have all one thing in common this week – they face their power being subverted. To be fair to him, Cowell was very honest when he acknowledged on last night’s XFactor that there were people trying to wreck his programme by voting for Wagner – someone who couldn’t carry a tune in an Onya bag. Last night the subversion finally failed, however, and Wagner left the show. Ann Widdecome, on the other hand, is still stumbling on Strictly Come Dancing, proving that a significant portion of the voting public are determined to wreck that show too.

Over in the US something more serious is going on – with Wikileaks posting some very sensitive information on their site. Whether the latest round of leaks is actually endangering national security I have no idea, but it is causing huge embarrassment and making the government look quite impotent.

Power being challenged is the theme that runs through these three stories – ordinary people using the simple tools of modern communication to undermine the powerful; a necessary rebalancing of where control should lie.

Another case of the stones crying out maybe?