The British Cicciolina?
The full list of candidates is yet to be announced but you may have seen Channel 4 news showing stump action from the Crewe and Nantwich by-election yesterday. More here and here. Tamsin Dundwoody, the late Gwyneth’s daughter and star of this Facebook group, is Labour candidate. The Tories have picked an Edward Timpson, heir to Timpson’s heel-bar empire.
Among what will be the also-rans at the end of the day is this 26 year old northern Irish glamour model and Former Miss Great Britian, Gemma Garrett, from the “Beauties for Britain Party” who are hoping to inject some glamour into the proceedings. Strange things happen in by-elections but the likelihood of a British Cicciolina (Italian porn model turned MP who had a Pop Will Will Eat Itself single named after her) is unlikely I reckon. Screaming Lord Sutch was never like this.
May 9, 2008 at 2:40 pm
She was on tv this morning – the former Miss GB – and she was talking about army salaries and more child support etc. She said it was her badly paid cousins currently serving in the army who partly inspired her. But tell me Rupa – why mention Cicciolina? Why not Rachida Dati or Carla Bruni as examples of glamorous females who have made a political splash?
May 12, 2008 at 4:33 pm
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May 12, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Shafi, has Carla Bruni really made a *political* splash? I thought a load of journos just fancied her