What Are The Odds He'd Lose His Deposit?

[sandyRoe]

Who in their right mind would vote for him?

http://news.uk.msn.com/trending-blog/jeremy-clarkson-i-may-stand-for-parliament-against-ed-miliband/

[ummmm]

I love Clarkson :-)

[Psybbo]

Good news for Ed Milliband

[BlueToffee]

He's a little like Marmite, you either love him or loathe him. As soon as I see his face on the television the channel gets changed, dreadful man!

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BT

\\\\\you either love him or loathe him\\\

Well that should stand him in good stead in his contemplated future political career......;-)

[sandyRoe]

You'd have thought, if he was serious, he'd have looked for a safe seat somewhere in the Home Counties.

[BlueToffee]

But if he makes it squad, it'll mean I'll have to turn off PMQ's because he wouldn't let anyone else get a word in!

[Sqad]

BT.....;-)

[Svejk]

///Who in their right mind would vote for him? ///

Oh, I don't know, sandy. Eds started started growing on me lately. ;)

[Baldric]

If it were a straight choice between Miliband and Clarkson,
Clarkson would get my vote every time!

[aelmpvw]

so clarkson is standing as an 'independent'. I didn't think he would be representing the green party

[jim360]

He'd become perhaps the oddest Parliamentary Candidate... in the world.

[mikey4444]

Perhaps he can enquire about being a Tory candidate here in the Valleys. We LOVE Tory contenders !

[New Judge]

I don’t know, jim. David “Screaming Lord” Sutch takes a bit of beating. His Monster Raving Looney Party fielded 25 candidates in the 2010 election. But there have been some even odder ones.

In 2010 “Mad Cap’n” Tom Scott stood in the Cities of London And Westminster constituency on a manifesto which promised to abolish tax on rum (revenue from which would be recovered by a 50% levy on all downloads of Cheryl Cole music) and fixing broken Britain by handing out free rolls of duct tape.

Lord Biro (aka Dave Bishop) has campaigned and stood in the past four General Elections.. Among hi s promises were to preserve all public lavatories and give official support to have Bono appointed as the next Pope.

A gentleman named John Crockford stood for the Fancy Dress Party in Dartford, Kent.

I have not checked, but I believe all these candidates lost their deposits so Mr Clarkson is among good company. Should he stand in my constituency I might well be inclined to give him my support as he reflects my point of view on many topics far more closely than any politician from any of the mainstream parties does or is ever likely to.

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mikey

\\\Perhaps he can enquire about being a Tory candidate here in the Valleys. We LOVE Tory contenders !\\\

Nice try ;-) he is intending to stand as an Independant, not a Tory, but perhaps it's just a matter of semantics "down in the Valleys."

[naomi24]

//A gentleman named John Crockford stood for the Fancy Dress Party in Dartford, Kent.//

Ha ha! I love British eccentricity!!

[Prudie]

I'd think it highly unlikely he'd lose his deposit. Like it or not I think he's says lots of outrageous things that many people agree with but are too scared to say so themselves.

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't there a William Boakes added to the fun of by-elections a few years back?

[sandyRoe]

Bill Boaks. Once got 5 votes, a record low
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Boaks

[Celtigra3]

People who like to speed would vote for him!

[sandyRoe]

As would saloon bar pundits