If this was a natal born woman standing for election would it be acceptable to tolerated.

Well obviously it's up to voters if he becomes a candidate right?

I agree Lathyrus. It’s bad enough that Starmer refuses to say what a woman is without having Izzard denouncing safe spaces for women. I certainly wouldn’t want him in a hospital bed next to me, or in a changing room next to me.
Incidentally, Starmer knows perfectly well what a woman is; he’s married to one.

I feel compelled to point out that Glenda Jackson rolled around naked with Oliver Reed in one of the steamiest films of its day.
And then made, in my opinion, an excellent MP.

As far as I know nobody ever threw that in her face and I’m inclined to believe they would have regretted it if they did.?

I would be more concerned about people who thought it was a good idea to vote for someone who denigrates females and opposes safe places for them.

The thought of an MP with the possibility of exerting power and influence to further that agenda is terrifying.

Good one Blossoming
Would that be his ‘girl penis’?

Perhaps Eddie could play piano with his penis while wearing a dress. A vote winner for sure *

* Sarcasm

I'd find Izzard easier to take if he would just plump for one or the other.

I have good news for you...

Zelenskyi doesn't dip in and out of being a 'man' or a 'girl' as the mood takes him.

He played piano on tv using his penis. Sometimes Eddie wears a dress. I can't think of anything else to say. ?

I'd find Izzard easier to take if he would just plump for one or the other.

Why would you find it easy to accept a lie, if he claimed to definitely be a girl/woman?

If you saw a man who looked like Izzard, but was not him, in the hospital bed next to you, would you be happy with that?

25Avalon

Screaming Lord Sutch (remember him?) stood for election with a lavatory pan round his neck. It’s up to the voters at the end of the day.

Because I’d never not vote, when I was equally sick of the lot of them, I did once vote for the Monster Raving Loony candidate.
They certainly used to brighten up election night!

MaizieD

RichmondPark1

The old film of President Volodymyr Zelensky pretending to play the piano with his penis doesn't seem to have prevented him being taken seriously or stopped him becoming the very definition of a politician you would want on your side in a crisis.

Zelenskyi doesn't dip in and out of being a 'man' or a 'girl' as the mood takes him.

I'd find Izzard easier to take if he would just plump for one or the other.

I'd find Izzard easier to take if he would just plump for one or the other.

... and me!

Or possibly our future Prime Minister? I guess the country will be in safe hands then..... ?

I might leave the Labour Party about this.

RichmondPark1

The old film of President Volodymyr Zelensky pretending to play the piano with his penis doesn't seem to have prevented him being taken seriously or stopped him becoming the very definition of a politician you would want on your side in a crisis.

Zelenskyi doesn't dip in and out of being a 'man' or a 'girl' as the mood takes him.

I'd find Izzard easier to take if he would just plump for one or the other.

Esspee

I can’t get past the words “natal born woman”. Surely that is a tautology. The word woman suffices.

Just covering all bases, there are lots of posters on GN with differing ideas of what is a woman

Agreed, esspee.

As FN says, I think that Izzard would make a decent MP, but I also agree that his fender politics are too dodgy for me to vote for him.

Attention seeking narc.

It’s a big no from me, if it was a “person that had been born a woman” ( think that is the correct term) then there would be outrage.

I can’t get past the words “natal born woman”. Surely that is a tautology. The word woman suffices.

The old film of President Volodymyr Zelensky pretending to play the piano with his penis doesn't seem to have prevented him being taken seriously or stopped him becoming the very definition of a politician you would want on your side in a crisis.

Tbf, I think Izzard would take the job of MP seriously and may well be better than many of the bunch who are there now.

The glaring flaw is that his claim to be a 'girl' and everything following from that, contributes to the removal of rights from actual girls and women.

I wouldn't support him for that reason.

If the Labour party wants to be taken as seriously as Screaming Lord Sutch & the Monster Raving Loony Party, and to get a similar share of the vote, that's up to them.

I really like Eddie Izzard.

But you're right to pose the question Gg13

The playing field isnt as level as some would think

Screaming Lord Sutch (remember him?) stood for election with a lavatory pan round his neck. It’s up to the voters at the end of the day.

What a sad/mad country this has become!

I rather like Eddie

He may well be selected but, unless the Johnson factor of being a well known TV personality works for him, I'm dubious about him getting the votes of the wider Sheffield electorate.