{"id":121667,"date":"2023-12-18T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=121667"},"modified":"2023-12-18T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T16:49:27","slug":"eddie-izzard-fails-in-labour-candidate-bid-despite-gender-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/politics\/eddie-izzard-fails-in-labour-candidate-bid-despite-gender-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Izzard fails in Labour candidate bid despite gender identity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard has failed in a bid to become a Labour candidate at the next general election.<\/p>\n
The stand-up, who identifies as a gender-fluid trans woman, lost to Tom Gray in an attempt to represent Brighton Pavilion.<\/p>\n
Mr Gray was a founding member of rock band Gomez, who secured five top-40 UK albums.<\/p>\n
The current MP, long-serving Green politician Caroline Lucas, is standing down at the next election.<\/p>\n
Izzard previously tried to become Labour MP for Sheffield Central.<\/p>\n
At a fringe event at the party\u2019s conference in September, Labour MP Rosie Duffield threatened to quit if Izzard was allowed on an all-women shortlist.<\/p>\n
She also said: \u201cEddie Izzard is not a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tory Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson was slammed after saying he would not be \u201cfollowing him into the toilets\u201d if Izzard became an MP.<\/p>\n