UK political celebrity endorsements

[Anarcho-Socialist]

Conservatives:
Novelist Frederick Forsyth,
lyricist Sir Tim Rice,
chefs Clarissa Dickson Wright, Marco Pierre White and Antony Worrall Thompson
Former Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley,
Actor and writer Julian Fellowes
F1 boss Eddie Jordan
Designers Nicky Haslam and Bruce Oldfield
Ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman
TV presenter Anneka Rice
Actress Joan Collins

Labour:
Chef Delia Smith
Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher (quoted on MTV recently as still backing Labour - albeit partly because if the Conservatives get in, "Phil Collins is threatening to come back and live here. And let's face it, none of us want that".)
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson
Actor Liz Dawn (aka Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth)
Actor Prunella Scales
Actor Maureen Lipman
Actor Richard Wilson
Comedian Eddie Izzard
Singer Beverly Knight
Director Lord Richard Attenborough.

Lib Dems:
Musician and record producer Brian Eno
Ex-BBC boss Greg Dyke
Former TV agony aunt Claire Rayner
Scientist Richard Dawkins
Writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer
Rabbi Julia Neuberger
Travis frontman Fran Healy
Broadcaster Nicholas Parsons
Film critic Barry Norman
Epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll are also on the list

Green Party:
Author and academic George Monbiot
Comedian Mark Thomas
Hollywood actor Tim Roth
Actor Kate Ford - aka Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street.
Director Alex Cox (who is working on their election broadcasts)
Actor, director, playwright and author Steven Berkoff
Gay rights activist Peter Tatchell

SNP:
Actor (and illegal telemarketer) Sean Connery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4464557.stm

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Just for your amusement. :bounce:

[mr blur]

1. Any real susprises there?

Don't think so.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I'm surprised the Tories have publicised their list

what a bunch of arseholes! Time was, they could at least claim Kenny Everett ...

[mr blur]

4. Well, they must be really thrilled,

to have Tony Hadley on their side. Good for, oh, two or three votes I would have thought.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

7. I don't think the Tories will benefit from their list of

obnoxious celebrity twats either.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. I thought Joan Collins was UKIP

or perhaps Veritas - I seem to remember she appeared with Kilroy, and knew nothing about the policies.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

5. She was UKIP, but defected to the Conservatives...

'The Conservatives have scored a particular scalp with actress Joan Collins, who appears to have returned to the fold after a flirtation with UKIP.

The actress was unavailable for comment, but she previously told the Spectator magazine: "I will be voting Conservative because I think the Labour party just doesn't care about the British people. I would never dream of voting for UKIP." '

It's in the link in the OP

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Oops ,sorry, missed the link originally

I ought to read more closely. :dunce:

A weird outlook, though - "I am a patron, but I don't support it".

[non sociopath skin]

8. The term "Celebrity" seems to be used in its loosest sense here.

I liked Gallagher's bit about Phil Collins though!

The Skin

[TyeDye75]

9. I see the Torys have dropped Busted.....

:rofl: :rofl: