Izzard versus Boris: A vision of the future?
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Prime Minister Eddie Izzard.
Can you imagine it?
I expect he wouldn't be the first PM to wear a dress.
What brought on this odd thought was the arrival of the comedian on the Labour campaign trail.
On the first day of his nationwide tour, Eddie Izzard popped up in Cambridge, Lowestoft and Norwich, for a geniality fest.
Welcomed by a relaxed Norwich South candidate, Charles Clarke, in the warm spring sunshine, Eddie revealed that in ten years time he was going to stand for Parliament.
"Why in ten years time?", I asked.
"Because my career's just taking off - I've got work to do."
"Is Gordon Brown a smiler?", he joked with the crowd, "that's not his forte but he put together the G20, that was down to him. He's a serious man for serious times".
But there was no time for gravity this afternoon, that's for the Prime Ministerial debates later.
"What about you versus Boris in 10 years time?", one man suggested.
"Will Boris still be around?", questioned Izzard.
You get the impression that a man who's run 43 marathons has the staying power to find out.
How do you think Her Majesty might get on with a PM in drag?
Welcome to the political blog for the East. I'm Deborah McGurran, the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Political Editor for the region. From Lowestoft to Luton, this is the place for politics with an eastern twist.
Comment number 1.
At 16th Apr 2010, Valkyrie_NYC wrote:Why is it that ´óÏó´«Ã½ deems it necessary to block people outside of the UK from seeing this content? We live in a global community, thanks to the internet, people all over the world are interested in what is happening with the elections, and Mr. Izzard has fans all over the world as well who are interested in what he is saying.
PLEASE stop blocking us from your content!!!
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Apr 2010, john wrote:How can you say 'Her Majesty in 10 years time ' - with the upsurge of the nasties we may have a 'Leader' and you can be sure that people like Eddie will find themselves in ' Correction facilities ' ( Camps ? )..
Look at the rainbow of the party's colours red,blue,yellow,green but whatever you do don't vote white or black!!
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