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# Eddie Izzard announces political bid
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/eddie-izzard-announces-political-bid/
- Published: 2021-01-31T18:33:46.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-31T13:34:31.000Z
- Description: 58-year-old comedian Eddie Izzard has announced she wants to run for parliament and become the UK’s first transgender MP.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Boris Johnson, Eddie Izzard, Eddie Izzard pronouns, Labour, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, Transgender, UK News

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58-year-old comedian **Eddie Izzard** has announced she wants to run for parliament and become the UK’s first transgender MP. In an interview with the [**Mirror**](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/eddie-izzard-wants-become-uks-23413951?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Izzard said: *“I wanted to stand in the last election but a seat wasn’t available – but I am here. I have been an activist since 2008, a member of the Labour Party since 1995.”*

She continued: “*I wish to stand, I wish to be considered for a constituency, I would love to be elected and I would love to fight for Keir Starmer to be the next Prime Minister.”* She also condemned current prime minister, Boris Johnson, saying: *“I don’t trust Boris Johnson. He has lied upon lie and that is not a good example to our children, to say if you lie enough you can become Prime Minister.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/eddie-izzard-labour-1.jpg)

Izzard [recently announced ](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/comedian-eddie-izzard-publicly-uses-she-her-pronouns/)that she would like to be referred to by she/her pronouns from now on, saying during a TV appearance at the end of 2020: *“This is the first programme I’ve asked if I can be ‘she’ and ‘her’ – this is a little transition period…I just want to be based in girl mode from now on.”* She added: *“it feels very positive”* to be referred to by gender-affirming pronouns.