This week in politics: who celebrities are voting for
1997. NASA's Mars Pathfinder probe lands on Mars. Princess Diana dies in a road accident in Paris. Oasis tune-ape Noel Gallagher famously enjoys a glass of bubbly with Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street. Good times indeed, unless you were a member of the royal family. Getting the famous to endorse your party is nothing new, but in 2010 how do these celebrity-political allegiances shape up?
If you caught the first Labour election broadcast yesterday, you might have noticed it featured Sean Pertwee (his dad was Doctor Who) and the voice of David Tennant (he used to be Doctor Who). But it's unclear whether or not these two are Labour supporters, or just actors who no longer have nothing to do with Doctor Who that are looking to pay the mortgage.
Dave Cameron meanwhile, seemed to be trying to court Jeremy Clarkson, after Cameron reportedly dressed as The Stig to deliver a birthday message at Jezza's recent birthday party. And of course Sir Michael Caine recently came out as a Tory supporter, which will prove invaluable for persuading voters who base their political decisions on Batman's butler.
And let's not forget the Liberal Democrats. It was recently reported that the Lib Dems have snagged themselves Heather Mills. Sort of. She recently told The Telegraph "Many people love the Lib Dems but think 'what's the point?', but if they all voted they would make a difference." It seems they also have the undying allegiance of Professor Brian Cox, who the Lib Dem Voice prefer to label as the keyboard player out of D:Ream - rather than as a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, a member of the High Energy Physics group at the University of Manchester and a member of the CERN team. But you know, whatever makes your party sound cool, yeah?
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