Eddie Izzard running for Labour MP in Brighton

People also forget that the comic Eddie, is entirely different to the transactivist Eddie.

The comic has time to write a script, practice it, hone it, until it trips off the tongue.

Transactivist Eddie has to think on his feet to defend the indefensible. (And would be instantly cast out if he made it even in the slightest bit amusing.)

People who think Eddie is going to be an articulate, funny, innovative and entertaining politician, are going to be in for a nasty shock.

‘Girl mode’ abandoned when it doesn’t help get you into power, Eddie?

He can do one.

Results in Sheffield:
Abtisam Mohamed, a local councillor, was selected by members of the local constituency party after winning 433 votes. Izzard came second with 175 votes. Rizwana Lana, backed by leftwing figures in the party including the MPs Nadia Whittome and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, got 173 votes.

I think Eddie will struggle. It comes down to local CLP members and Eddie hasen't even done the amount of groundwork as in Sheffield. Eddie was not that great at winning support at hustings.

With a bunch of local councilors as competition it isn't going to be an easy one. Should be interesting though.

Should be Monster Raving really .

Can anyone in their right mind think he will be selected as a official Labour candidate ?

So going by Eddie but press release and reports still using She

Probs fair to conclude if they do select him then Kier STILL doesn't know what a woman is...

Deeds not words.

for real? That is BRILLIANT

Even among the few Eddie lovers in the replies to his tweet (which loads of people are misunderstanding as saying he's already selected) , there are those saying 'why are you wanting to take a Green seat, and not a Tory one'?

Could it be that people like Eddie are only interested in what is nice for Eddie, while other people's needs and preferences don't actaully exist? Just a thought....

Did you see the bit where he compared himself to Obama? The sheer arrogance.

He really is fairly incoherent when asked about trans issues. Given that it's such a hot potato, I can see him, entirely unsurprisingly, looking like a right twat.

FFS. Give it up, Eddie. Nobody's buying your nonsense.

Yes. Eddie knows boy mode is better for all the big Patriarchal tasks like gaining influence in politics and securing acting jobs. Girl mode for securing access to toilets to (as Eddie says) scare 13 year old girls and enjoy them running out of a previously safe space. Tosser.

Izzard is one of the few people who can make Johnson look like the more attractive prospect, in comparison.

there's something of the boris johnson about this constant hunt for power and feeling of entitlement

...and does he think Caroline Lucas will support him because he's somehow 'woker' than Sian being a real life grifter most vulnerable minority, unlike poor old Sian who's just an 'ally'.

Not sure she will see it like that though.

The idea of Izzard being interviewed by Andrew Neil is a rather cheering one.

I notice he doesn't namecheck Sian Berry though. Wonder what she thinks 🤔

Voters in Brighton Pavilion deciding between Caroline Lucas’s Greens replacement and Eddie Izzard:

I think Eddie likes to have his cake and eat it too.

Eddie’s bread is buttered on all sides. Even the crusts.

I don't really think he'll get selected. But wouldn't it be fun if he did. An Izzard Vs Green Party trans-off would be hilarious. Is it too late for KJK to transfer her candidacy there so she can ask them both difficult questions?
With apologies to any Brightoners I'm sure it's not so funny when one of them is supposed to end up your MP.

If he wants to play politics with the big boys, then he'll be delighted to be interviewed by Andrew Neil surely?

There's an awful lot of deleted comments under that article, I think I can take a fair guess what most of them were saying.

I particularly liked:

Tommy11 1 hr ago User ID: 153967
No no no no no no! I'm a Labour voter and always have been. The party however is not a circus Eddie you egotistical maniac! your getting in the way of real local politicians who know the city, have peoples interests at heart and work the party's values. Will you really want to get involved in a residents dispute in Moulscoombe? not likely.

and
Looselips 42 mins ago User ID: 4787621
Gets dressed in the dark

So Eddie namechecks significant women - his mum, Glenda Jackson, Caroline Lucas - as inspiration. But is campaigning as Eddie, not Suzy. Eddie knows which side his bread is buttered.