Celebrity Politicians

[flipnflap]

following in the footsteps of Ronald Reagan, Glenda Jackson, Sonny Bono and Arnie, who are the latest celebs to enter politics?

[FredPuli43]

What, apart from that erstwhile journalist and comic actor, Boris Johnson ? Can't think of any.

[sir.prize]

Clint Eastwood
Arnold Schwarzenegger

[sir.prize]

Jerry Springer (I think)

[sir.prize]

Years ago - Shirley Temple

[FredPuli43]

The British tendency now is for nobody to be allowed in as a candidate unless they have been following a career dedicated to politics. They may be allowed to have a notional career at the Bar, for example, but even being a trade unionist does not seem to get you preference in the Labour Party, as it once did. Jack Dromey is the last in that category that I can think of.

There is a depressing fashion for choosing candidates who have been in the party machine straight from university, as researchers and assistants, before being given a losing seat, to blood them, and then a winnable one.

[Ric.ror]

I thought Eddie Izzard was thinking about it

[Hopkirk]

Esther Mcvey.

What do you mean, you don't remember her on TV?

[ladybirder]

Hugh Grant seems to have ambitions in that direction.

Glenda is hardly a 'latest' celeb she's been their years.

[ladybirder]

^ there

[tonyav]

What, apart from that erstwhile journalist and comic actor, Boris Johnson ? Can't think of any.



LOL LOL.