Prat Rickitt gets Tory election nomination

[Pidge]

I was reading The Guardian yesterday and noticed a story in it.

It seems Cameron has prepared a list of candidates he thinks can win seats easily. Some names on the list are a touch questionable, but The Guardian rightly features one of the silliest.

Turns out Cameron wants Adam Rickitt, a former Corination St. actor and one-hit wonder, to run for the Conservatives in the next General Election.



I really just couldn't believe it when I read it.

Article here

[size=7](Sorry if this post it a touch incoherent, I've got a headcold.)[/size]

[Gladstone]

Despite him being pure eye candy I didn't know he had political intrests, and I woulnd't have thought it would be the conservatives??

[alanmcg]

He actually was on Question Time in the UK a few months ago and seemed to do OK

[BarryW]

He actually was on Question Time in the UK a few months ago and seemed to do OK

No he didn't - he came across as a whinging moaner, remarkably like his character in Coronation Street.

He had kind of a "something needs to be done attitude" - without providing any answers.

That said, he does seem to have very strong view on the environment and has a history of campaigning on it. Which I suppose gives Cameron a reason to have him on the ticket.

Pretty threadbare reason though.

Imagine Adam Rickitt and Ann Widdecombe sitting next to each other in the next Parliament! The thought of that is reason enough to vote Tory!

[salt]

[/quote]

He had kind of a "something needs to be done attitude" - without providing any answers.

[/quote]

Thats how I view FG at the moment

[Smashey]

Then I suggest you looka their proposals on Health, Transport, Crime & Govt wastage readily available online!

I dunno I don't like the way parties in England seem to shove candidates onto constituency organisations & expect them to canvass/work for them

[BarryW]

I dunno I don't like the way parties in England seem to shove candidates onto constituency organisations & expect them to canvass/work for them

Its certainly extraordinary - this has been the practice of the Conservative Party for decades, whereby "young turks" in the party had to hob-bob with party bigwigs in the hope of having a "safe seat" assigned to them at some stage.

Norman Lamont, Ken Clarke and Michael Howard were in the same class at Oxford, and all took this route - although it took Michael Howard longer to get there.

The notion of working your way up through the ranks in a constituency seems to be in huge decline in all three parties, and there is an odd trend in Britain among the newer MPs: They tend to be politics graduates, rather than people who have had a "real" job (apologies to politics graduates, but you know what I mean)

[rockofcashel]

I dunno I don't like the way parties in England seem to shove candidates onto constituency organisations & expect them to canvass/work for them

Its certainly extraordinary - this has been the practice of the Conservative Party for decades, whereby "young turks" in the party had to hob-bob with party bigwigs in the hope of having a "safe seat" assigned to them at some stage.

Hmm.. exactly what do you mean by these "young turks" having to "hob-knob" with party bigs wigs

[FutureTaoiseach]

The Conservatives have realised the importance of looks in getting votes. They won't admit that though. No, they'll portray it as "the electorate supporting our policies". Yeah right!

FF should also bear this in mind when choosing their next leader. Ahem. :wink:

[Libero]

The notion of working your way up through the ranks in a constituency seems to be in huge decline in all three parties, and there is an odd trend in Britain among the newer MPs: They tend to be politics graduates, rather than people who have had a "real" job (apologies to politics graduates, but you know what I mean)

I'm not sure it's a trend so much as an established practice that may or may not be on the rise.

There's a very good and humorous survey of the practice in Jeremy Paxman's "The Political Animal".

As for Cameron and Friends' latest adventure, it's all following in Blair's footsteps. Blair moved Labour towards the political centre and greatly improved the marketing of his party and their ability to win votes. Cameron is trying to do the same, and he benefits from a similar anti-government party sentiment that Tony Blair once enjoyed but now suffers.