Eddie/Suzy Izzard tells The Telegraph’s Claire Allfree after failing twice to nab a Labour seat selection:
“God, no, I never give up. I’m still very keen to get a seat at the next election, and if that doesn’t work, I’ll fight a by-election.”
It’s not often Guido commends residents of Brighton for their voting habits. After failing to win up north in Sheffield Central Eddie/Suzy Izzard has again been snubbed by local Labour members in a selection vote. It looks like his “many progressive” victories weren’t enough to convince Brighton Labour members that she should get the seat selection. They came second to indie rock musician Tom Gray. Even Izzard’s promise to campaign via zoom from New York wasn’t enough to swing the members…
Guido can now update Suzy’s stellar track record – of losing at every turn. A reminder of his losing campaigns:
- Join the euro
- Elect Ken Livingstone
- Elect Gordon Brown
- Vote Yes in the AV referendum
- Elect Ed Miliband
- Elect Andy Burnham as Labour leader
- Remain in the EU
- Run for Labour’s NEC
- Elect Jeremy Corbyn
- End restrictions on Westminster street performers
- Get the Labour selection in Sheffield Central
- Get the Labour selection in Brighton Pavilion
Better luck for the next go Eddie – maybe the West Country?
Eddie/Suzy Izzard’s had to announce that if he’s selected as the Labour candidate in Brighton she’ll “campaign via Zoom while in New York” for their one-man/woman adaptation of Hamlet. Izzard loves doing solo adaptations and says that “after 35 years of performing on stage, Hamlet will be my last tour before I move into politics.” It’ll be “goodnight sweet prince” to that career move if the selection doesn’t go his way on Sunday…
Tickets for the “timeless drama with an accidental hero” at Manhattan’s Greenwich House Theatre are currently going for $77.00 and promise a “touching, scary and dramatic” experience. Izzard will be “portraying men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets“. Just some of Izzard’s transitions over the years…
The trailblazing politician recently posted a video reminder to Brighton locals that he’s “done many progressive things which I feel fits in to the life of Brighton so well” and having a trans MP would “send such an amazing signal” around the world. The hustings are on Sunday and Eddie’s got to convince the selectors that he won’t be something rotten in the state of New York. Guido’s not sure the signal from New York will be good enough to reach the electorate…
Suzy Eddie Izzard has followed through on his/her threats to stand again after losing the Labour selection contest in Sheffield Central, and has now launched a campaign for Brighton Pavilion. The eddieizzard.uk website has a fresh lick of paint and a jazzy new video, with Izzard claiming she’s standing in Brighton because she’s “just the latest in over 200 years of Izzards in East Sussex and I’m proud of my roots.” So proud, in fact, here’s what she told Matt Forde just five months ago when asked if she’d prefer a seat in the north or the south…
“Anywhere up north… I’d rather be up north, because I’m a kid from down south, and I want to be up north… if people in the north feel the south has it good, then I want to fight for the north.”
It is Guido’s solemn duty to inform Suzy that Brighton is on the southern coast. “Fighting for the north” from a beach on the English Channel will be difficult. If there’s one man/woman who can do it, surely it’s Suzy Eddie…
The Co-chair of LGBT+ Labour has taken a step back from his duties, citing a “toxic culture” on the group’s committee. In a letter outlining his decision, Matthew Lloyd tilts at a “small group” on the executive committee, naming Parliamentary Liaison Officer Joe Vinson, who “frustrate and sabotage” LGBT+ Labour’s work. Matthew makes a number of allegations against the clique, including a “violent threat” sent by text and a “drunken abusive intimidating incident that happened at conference 2022”. He also accuses this nefarious cohort of playing a game of “truth or dare… as a form of bullying”. Shocking.
Of course, co-conspirators won’t be surprised to see handbags, nor allegations of abuse, emerging from Labour’s resident drama queens – especially considering what we already know about the group. In 2021 they argued for Rosie Duffield to have the Labour whip withdrawn, whilst the MP herself has accused them of peddling “absolute rubbish” about her. The confused group can’t even seem to pick a side to self-identify with – they’ve also singled out Suzy Eddie Izzard.
Co-conspirators can read Matthew’s letter in full below:
Just over a week has passed since Suzy Eddie Izzard announced her new name and already the transphobic trolls are piling on, with the comedian suffering deadnaming on Twitter. The culprit really should know better…
In the announcement of the comedian’s new position as an honorary patron, LGBT Labour used Suzy Eddie’s old name – something trans activists often decry as harmful. They also described Suzy Eddie as an “actor” – when before they’ve used “actress” for female-identifying actors. Guido can forgive this minor transgression, it’s not easy to keep up with the iterations of gender-fluid Suzy “I’m Eddie’s” identity.
