Eddie Izzard not chosen to be Labour candidate for Sheffield Central.

I am glad the local candidate was successful. I think parachuting in candidates after the locals have done all the leg work is very wrong. But if it had to be an outsider I would have preferred Paul Mason as he is more left wing than Izzard.

Eddie Izzard has a track record of activism and support for the Labour Party. Hopefully she will continue to support and campaign for them. What some of the comments on this thread reveal is how biased some people are and how they can ignore not only a successful comedy and acting career but a life of activism and fundraising simply because they don't like someone's choice of gender.

grannydarkhair

I think it would have done. Also, AM is a local woman, is already a senior city councillor, she is also a lawyer, and is committed to helping her fellow citizens from what I’ve read about her.

Well done, she sounds like the best candidate.
It's a safe seat so she will make a very good MP representing Sheffield Central.

EI only represents himself, sadly.

He’s a joke and not in a nice way a man in the ladies I can’t forgive him for that

EI came second but only just. I’m gob-smacked so many voted for him.

twitter.com/tomorrowsmps/status/1599464088727277568?s=61&t=ruYrFjjnCtRPSI2ibdNYMA

Is Eddie Izzards’ comedy career over? He acts as well

M0nica

Somebody who thinks because she is famous she should be chosen to do something rather than someone who can actually do the job.

Who thinks he is famous …..

Hooray for common sense!

As you say Doodledog Hooray for common sense, if there'd been more of it, he wouldn't have been able to stand in the first place.

Wise decision. He was only trying to get attention as his comedy career is over.

Somebody who thinks because she is famous she should be chosen to do something rather than someone who can actually do the job.

Hooray

I think it would have done. Also, AM is a local woman, is already a senior city councillor, she is also a lawyer, and is committed to helping her fellow citizens from what I’ve read about her.

I was just going to post about that.

Hooray for common sense, is how I feel about it. I wonder how far his colonising of the Ladies had to do with his defeat?