Neville's father was a tool maker

[Part Time James]

Are there any UK examples of this? I can't think of any.

It happens elsewhere for sure, the presidents of Ukraine and the US being obvious examples.

Fortunately most football fans dislike Man Utd and Neville in particular, even before his current outburst.

Not successful to be fair. The drummer from Blur stood as a Labour candidate in my constituency and harped on about being the drummer from Blur a lot. Labour don't usually get anywhere near but gained traction. Al Murray took votes from Farage a few years ago...I think.

We do give a lot of credence to the political opinions of Vorderman and Linekar though... (we being the MSM)

 

[HKOwen]

Not successful to be fair. The drummer from Blur stood as a Labour candidate in my constituency and harped on about being the drummer from Blur a lot. Labour don't usually get anywhere near but gained traction. Al Murray took votes from Farage a few years ago...I think.

We do give a lot of credence to the political opinions of Vorderman and Linekar though... (we being the MSM)

Credence no, publicity yes

 

[Badger11]

My biggest fear is that celebs who gained popularity through an avenue unrelated to politics will get votes from people based on their status. I don't think a good footballer, comedian, tart that put letters and numbers up on a board in a quiz show...for example... NECESSARILY equate to being politically astute/qualified. I'm not saying they can't be, but I worry that our stupid society will vote them into political power because they like something unrelated they did.

I do think Neville comes across as a virtue signalling numpty, but in his defence it's only going to be a dumb society that validates him. I respect his right to spout off whatever he feels though.

Our own Eddie Izzard has tried a few time to get nominated for a safe Labour seat.

This is a person whop can't quite decide what "they" are. Personally I would never vote for someone who keeps changing their mind about something as basic as identity and gender. It's not a good track record of decision making.

It brings me to my main point. What do celebrities bring in the way of experience to the job of an MP? They have a privileged existence and most live in La La Land not the UK.

Do they know how to run a successful business? Do they have experience of managing a large organisation e.g. charity or trade union. Now all this applies to most other MP's mine for instance is Sue Gray's son and his only qualifications appear to be that he is erm, Sue Gray's son.

I blame the electorate for not being strong enough to say I support the party but not this poor candidate, do better.

By all accounts Glenda Jackson was well liked and respected but then there will always be outliers.