THEGAYUK APRIL/MAY ISSUE 3
2014
INTERVIEW
because I never went out,
they just started making
stuff up – let’s be honest,
I did look like a
prepubescent girl and I
am slightly camp. So it
wasn’t the hardest thing
in the world for them to
start making that up. It
never bothered me. I was
so lucky for the support I
got from the gay
community in my career,
the last thing I was going
to do was do a bit of a
Jason Donavan and insult
them by making out it was
a big issue.
being their voice in
Westminster.
So we won’t be seeing
Adam Rickitt for PM?
Probably not, no. Politics
nowadays is not so much
about having a view; it’s
trying to offend the least
amount of people.
Nobody says anything
anymore, they just all try
and appeal to the masses.
My point of view is that
politics should be – ‘You
stand up there, and say
this is how I think it
should be and this is how
I think you should solve
So are you still
it. If you don’t agree with
Torying around?
me vote for the other guy.’
I’m not a career politician. I kind of always get in
They’re lots of them out
trouble because I always
there who went to
mouth off and say what I
university and studied
think, which doesn’t
politics and then did an
always go down very well,
internship with an MP
because you’re not meant
and then became an MP to do that anymore in
themselves, I’ve got no
politics. I think that’s a
desire to be a front
shame. People get
bencher, my thing in life frustrated with politics
is that I’ve had such an
and lose interest –
amazing family and so
because nobody ever says
many opportunities and anything.
I’ve always felt that if you
get dealt a good hand in
Do you think that
life, you owe it to pay it
UKIP is a viable threat
forward. I don’t have the to UK politics?
skills to be a doctor, I
Here’s my theory about
don’t have the
them: Everybody thinks
temperament to be a
they’re a bit of a joke policeman, and so one
and they are a bit of a
way I thought I might be joke. But at least they
able to help would be to
stand for something.
get involved in politics – That’s what attracts
arguing for a local
people more than
community. It would have anything else. It’s
to be the right kind of
basically because of the
community. I’m a bit of a Europe situation. They
country bumpkin, so
are standing there and
there’d be no point in me they are saying, ‘we’ve got
standing for Toxteth or
a view on this matter –
something. It’s meant to agree with us or don’t
be a partnership – you
agree with us’ and that’s
what’s drawing people to
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