Who are these people?!?

I just watched the Scottish news on ITV, the headline article of course being the "absurd and self indulgent" Sir George Mathewson. Good comment from Brian Taylor questioning the wisdom of Blair attacking the man as opposed to the sentiment of his comments.

Anyway, the point of my post, Blair's comments were delivered with a row of youngsters in the background. Where do these people come from? It's classic New Labour and I just wonder how they manage to convince people to stand there during it all looking (apologies if you're one of them) a little bit gormless and/or too keen to look like you're listening and agreeing.

Of course, having 'avid listeners' behind you can occassionally backfire