Eddie Izzard launches marketing campaign to change into Labour MP in Brighton
The comic, 61, introduced her intention to hitch the race to change into the social gathering’s candidate for Brighton Pavilion on Friday.
The seat has been held since 2010 by the one Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, who’s standing down on the subsequent common election.
It is Izzard’s newest try to enter Westminster politics after she final yr tried unsuccessfully to change into Labour’s candidate for Sheffield Central.
In a video on her marketing campaign web site, Izzard mentioned: “Brighton is a city at the forefront of change and I want to help it to continue to make that change.”
She additionally mentioned she was “proud of my roots” within the county she grew up in, including: “I’m just the latest in over 200 years of Izzards in East Sussex.”
“Whilst the Tories stoke fear and encourage culture wars, Brighton has shown the country another way,” she mentioned, hailing it as “open-minded and welcoming to all”.
In the Sheffield Central choice race, she misplaced out to native councillor Abtisam Mohamed in a vote of native members.
Izzard, who has lengthy campaigned for Labour, beforehand mentioned if she grew to become a constituency MP it could be her fundamental job, and he or she would use her comedy expertise for charity.
The stand-up comedian has previously spoken about her gender-fluid identification and request to be referred to with she/her pronouns.
Labour’s choice course of for Brighton Pavilion has not began and purposes haven’t but opened, it’s understood.
The subsequent common election is extensively anticipated to be held in autumn subsequent yr.