July 5, 2006 8:35 AM

Adam Rickitt: Defending the Welsh. In Tights.

Another busy week in former soap star Adam Rickitt's quest to become a Tory MP. For starters, Adam told the good folk of Chester that if elected as their MP, he would get rid of the ancient laws that allow them to hang any Welshman caught within the city walls after midnight, and shoot other Welshmen from the wall with longbows. Tough on archaic cross-border crime, tough on the causes of archaic cross-border crime...

Meanwhile, Ad is heading to the other side of the country later this year to further bolster his political credentials by, er, playing Prince Charming in panto at the Norwich Theatre Royal. Well, it worked for David Cameron. Oh, no. No it didn't. Tsk. [Stuart Dredge]

Posted by Stu on July 5, 2006 in Adam Rickitt Watch | Permalink | Comments (1)

June 13, 2006 11:08 AM

Adam Rickitt winning over hard-to-please Conservatives

There aren’t enough Tory MPs who’ve appeared half-naked on stage belting out pop hits – at least in public – so three cheers for former Corrie star Adam Rickitt, who has just kicked off his new career as a Conservative Party candidate. Star Trip is right behind Adam in his quest to show that songs like this should not be a barrier to a high-powered political career, so we’re going to be tracking his progress. Or lack of.

This week represented a rocky start though. Having started by complaining in the Daily Telegraph that he’s become a “whipping-boy” for Tory leader David Cameron’s ‘A-List’, Adam was promptly given a good scourging by party members in Folkestone and Hythe, who didn’t even put him on their 20-strong shortlist for the next general election.

Then the Telegraph’s Simon Heffer sniffily dismissed him as an “underwear model” Ouch. Although given that 8 out of 10 political interviews nowadays seem to involve asking politicians about their pants, that’s surely not a disadvantage.

However, the tide could be turning. Today’s Telegraph has a letter saying that Ad has “demonstrated a clear understanding of the problem facing the Conservative Party; how to regain the centre ground, where elections are won.” The Rickitt bandwagon is back on track! More news as we get it (unless Grant Mitchell is appointed Home Secretary in the meantime).

Posted by Stu on June 13, 2006 in Adam Rickitt Watch, Musical Stars | Permalink | Comments (0)