In 1983 a British politician appeared with Tracy Ullman in a Pop Video. Who was the politician?
"""My Girl"", which she changed to ""My Guy"", had a video that featured the British Labour Party politician Neil Kinnock, at the time the Leader of the Opposition. Ullman's songs were over-the-top evocations of 1960s and 1970s pop music with a 1980s edge, ""somewhere between Minnie Mouse and the Supremes"" as the ""Melody Maker"" put it, or ""retro before retro was cool,"" as a reviewer wrote in 2002. Her career received another boost when the video for ""They Don't Know"" featured a cameo from Paul McCartney; at the time Ullman was filming a minor role in McCartney's film ""Give My"
"Tracey Ullman Tracey Ullman (born 30 December 1959) is an English actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer, director, author, and businesswoman. She holds dual British and American citizenship. Her earliest appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows ""A Kick Up the Eighties"" (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and ""Three of a Kind"" (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). After a brief singing career, she appeared as Candice Valentine in ""Girls on Top"" with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. She emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States where she starred in her own network television comedy series,"
"with a backlash in the media. Gerry Adams has been portrayed in a number of films, TV programmes, and books: Gerry Adams Gerard Adams (; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Member of Parliament (MP) of the British Parliament for the Belfast West constituency. In 1984, Adams was seriously wounded in an"
"in 1976. They have a son and daughter. He is a Roman Catholic. In January 2005 he discovered that he fathered a daughter when he was eighteen years old. BBC News: ""The Guardian"": On his dressing up as a Cheeky Girl for charity: Stephen Pound Stephen Pelham Pound (born 3 July 1948) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North since 1997. His father, Pelham Pendennis Pound (1922–1999) was a BBC sub-editor and former journalist (including for the ""News of the World"" and ""Daily Mirror"") and literary agent whose clients included"
"wearing 1980s styled aerobics outfits performing sexually suggestive gym routines led by dancer and choreographer Deanne Berry, who is wearing a thong leotard – much to the enjoyment of the sole man in the group, played by Juan Pablo Di Pace. The video was filmed in the Laban Dance Centre in Deptford, England and spoofs a scene in the 1985 film ""Perfect"" starring John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis. In late 2004, while being interviewed by Chris Evans for UK Radio Aid, a 12-hour fundraising broadcast for tsunami victims, the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair said:"
"Richard Tracey Richard Patrick Tracey JP (born 8 February 1943) is a former British Conservative politician, and former journalist, presenter, and reporter. He was the MP for Surbiton from 1983 to 1997, and was Minister for Sport between 1985 and 1987. From 2008 to 2016, when he retired, he was a Member of the London Assembly, where he represented Merton and Wandsworth. He was the Deputy Leader of the Conservative group. Tracey was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon and studied law at the University of Birmingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) degree. From 1964"
"to see my fav Scottish designers @TottyRocksLtd featuring on @TraceyUllmanTV last night ;)"" Upon seeing her portrayal, Mhairi Black (impersonated by actress Olivia Morgan) was quoted as saying ""It was all right. It was quite a bizarre scenario. But I thought it was quite clever and quite witty."" In an interview for the ""Metro"" newspaper during the 2017 United Kingdom general election, Nicola Sturgeon was asked about Ullman's impersonation of her. ""I've not seen all of them but I had to watch some because I've heard so much about it. I thought it was really funny."" When asked if she"
"in October 1979, just five months after Thatcher became Prime Minister. Brown promoted the album appearing as Thatcher singing the album's theme song ""Iron Lady"" on the BBC TV programme ""Top of the Pops"" on 25 October 1979, Brown also made a surprise appearance dressed up as Thatcher at that year's Labour Party Conference in Brighton as a publicity stunt to launch the album and was photographed with surprised politicians Tony Benn and Barbara Castle who both initially believed that Brown was actually their nemesis Thatcher. The album was deleted in the early 1980s and was unavailable until it was"
"has been used by several politicians in political adverts. In 2006, Britain's Labour Party used ""Karma Chameleon"" as the theme song for a series of political advertisements against Conservative Party leader David Cameron in the 2006 UK local Elections. The music video, directed by Peter Sinclair, was filmed at Desborough Island in Weybridge during the summer of 1983. The video is set in Mississippi in 1870. It depicts a large multiracial group of people in late 1800s dress, including some dressed in red, gold, and green (as referenced in the lyrics). Boy George is dressed in what would be known"
"fictitious political party that has run a candidate called Lord Buckethead in three of the United Kingdom general elections. The candidate is shown wearing a bucket-like mask on his head. Buckethead ran against Margaret Thatcher for parliament in Finchley in 1987, against John Major in Huntingdon in 1992, and against Theresa May in Maidenhead in 2017, the last of which he received 249 (0.4%) votes in the constituency. Hyperspace (film) Hyperspace, also known as Gremloids, is a 1984 3D science fiction comedy film starring Chris Elliott and Paula Poundstone, written and directed by Todd Durham and filmed in Shelby, North"
"the Company of Watermen and Lightermen; a Justice of the Peace; and a Fellow of the Industry and Parliament Trust since 1985. Richard Tracey Richard Patrick Tracey JP (born 8 February 1943) is a former British Conservative politician, and former journalist, presenter, and reporter. He was the MP for Surbiton from 1983 to 1997, and was Minister for Sport between 1985 and 1987. From 2008 to 2016, when he retired, he was a Member of the London Assembly, where he represented Merton and Wandsworth. He was the Deputy Leader of the Conservative group. Tracey was educated at King Edward VI"
"seat in the 2017 general election, with a majority of just under 9,000 over the Conservative Party candidate. On 3 July 2017 she was appointed as Shadow Early Years Minister by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Tracy Brabin Tracy Lynn Brabin (born 9 May 1961) is a British actress and Labour Co-operative politician, who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Spen since October 2016, following a by-election after the murder of Jo Cox. Prior to entering politics, Brabin was an actress and television writer, having appeared in several British soap operas, including ""Coronation Street"", ""EastEnders"" and ""Casualty"". Brabin"
"in the show (as have Sturgeon's political rivals). Ullman did raise the ire of several online SNP supporters. While the show pokes fun at Sturgeon's repeated calls for referendums, Ullman says she admires her. The show lampoons the entire political spectrum. Ullman, a lifelong Labour supporter, has been openly critical of the party in recent years, citing herself as feeling ""party-less"". The show’s 2017 post-election pilot episode features a sketch in which a newly elected Labour MP is sent to a ""voluntary mandatory reeducation program"" at Labour headquarters to be brainwashed into believing that current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (portrayed"
"love nuggets’. Hadley is a supporter of the Conservative Party and an admirer of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Journalist Andrew Pierce, in a 2014 piece for the ""Daily Mail"", described Hadley as ""the Tories' biggest celebrity backer"". He has attended the party's annual conference and was once reported to be interested in standing as an MP. The ""New Statesman"" has described Hadley as one of the few openly right-wing rock stars. Tony Hadley Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English singer-songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the"
"1983. The house appearing near the beginning (with man on porch) is located at 530 York Road in Austin, Indiana. The white, two-story gas station, bedecked in patriotic buntings and an American flag, was located on the SE corner at the intersection of Indiana State Road 250 and U.S. Highway 31 in Uniontown, Indiana (station no longer existent). The man with no shirt on and a straw hat who dances near the end of the video was Harvey Goodin, the mayor of Austin, Indiana in 1983 when the video was shot. In the TV series ""Glee"", glee club member Kurt"
"he is a Conservative Party supporter, and at the height of his celebrity was a prominent supporter of Margaret Thatcher and her policies, once baking her a cake for her 60th birthday in October 1985. He was appearing on the fourth series of BBC One's ""Strictly Come Dancing"" in 2006, but he was forced to pull out for medical reasons. In 2008, he returned to a variety format on television screens when he co-hosted, alongside Emma Bunton, an edition of ITV1's variety show, For One Night Only. On 25 May 2012 he appeared on ""Piers Morgan's Life Stories"" while on"
"tried talking her out of it. “When I first met Miss Ullman, I was a TV producer, and I called her into my office in London and I told her that she had a big career in comedy, and she said to me, ‘Well actually, I’m doing a record next week,’ and I said, ‘Now listen here Miss Ullman, if I know anything about show business, is that you shouldn’t get involved with singing. Imagine how stupid I felt about four months later, I’m in London driving around and I hear, ‘And now, the Top of the Pops, Tracey Ullman"
"""Tracey Ullman's Show"", her first project for the broadcaster in over thirty years; this led to the creation of the topical comedy series ""Tracey Breaks the News"" in 2017. Ullman is currently the richest British actress and female comedian and the third richest British comedian overall. Tracey Ullman was born Trace Ullman in Slough, Buckinghamshire, the younger of two daughters, to Dorin (born Cleaver) and Antony John Ullman. Her mother was British, with Roma ancestry, and her father was a Roman Catholic Pole. On the subject of the spelling of her name: ""My real name is Trace Ullman, but I"
"although he returned to his seat not long after. He stood down in 2011 after 30 years as a councillor. He was chosen to contest the Foyle constituency in the general election of 1983. He contested the same seat again in the general elections of 1987 and 1992, although each time he finished second behind Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume. He appeared in the BBC Real Lives documentary ""At the Edge of the Union"", which was temporarily blocked in August 1985 by direct government intervention from the then Home Secretary Leon Brittan. This led to a one-day"
"announced the previous September. Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician serving as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015. Corbyn was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North in 1983. Ideologically, Corbyn identifies as a democratic socialist. He advocates reversing austerity cuts to public services and welfare funding made since 2010, and proposes renationalisation of public utilities and the railways. An anti-war and anti-nuclear campaigner since his youth, he broadly supports a foreign policy of military non-interventionism and unilateral nuclear disarmament. Corbyn began his career"
"to the National Health Service (NHS) and a subsidiary of Nadhmi Auchi's General Mediterranean Holding. Gerald Malone served until September 2014 as a Non Executive Chairman of Ultrasis, which specialises in computerised cognitive behavioural therapy software. Gerry Malone Peter Gerald Malone (born 21 July 1950) is a British Conservative politician who was an MP from 1983–87 and 1992–97. Born in Glasgow, Malone was educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, and the University of Glasgow. He was an unsuccessful Conservative candidate in the February 1974 general election in the Glasgow Provan constituency, where he was defeated by Labour's Hugh Brown. He"
"Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician serving as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015. Corbyn was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North in 1983. Ideologically, Corbyn identifies as a democratic socialist. He advocates reversing austerity cuts to public services and welfare funding made since 2010, and proposes renationalisation of public utilities and the railways. An anti-war and anti-nuclear campaigner since his youth, he broadly supports a foreign policy of military non-interventionism and unilateral nuclear disarmament. Corbyn began his career as a representative for"
"with gay pornography and two cannabis cigarettes in his luggage at Heathrow Airport. Spencer acknowledged being gay and said that his wife was aware of that before they married. Spencer was in a relationship with pornographic actor Cole Tucker, who was depicted in the pornography found in Spencer's luggage. Tom Spencer (politician) Thomas Newnham Bayley Spencer (born 10 April 1948) is a British Conservative politician and former Member of the European Parliament. Spencer was educated at Pangbourne Nautical College and the University of Southampton. He served as Conservative MEP for Derbyshire from 1979–1984, Conservative MEP for Surrey West from 1989–1994,"
"the opening of his pub, the McKenzie Bros Bar and Grill, whilst McKenzie offered to help her lose weight, from 18 stone to 11 stone. Winston McKenzie Winston Truman McKenzie (born 23 October 1953) is a British political activist and perennial candidate for public office. He is a member of Unity in Action. He has been a member of every major political party, and has stood as an independent or minor party candidate on numerous occasions without success. A British Jamaican, McKenzie worked as a boxer before later running a pub with his brothers; it was closed down after police"
"Tracey Breaks the News (pilot) ""Tracey Breaks the News"" is a one-off British comedy television special as well as the pilot episode of the series of the same name starring comedian Tracey Ullman, commissioned by the BBC for BBC One. It is thematically inspired by the aftermath 2017 United Kingdom general election, as well as the one year anniversary of the Brexit vote, and was recorded (and expected to air) shortly thereafter. The special is a spin-off of sorts of ""Tracey Ullman's Show"", as many of the characters and impersonations which appeared in that series appear in this special. ""Tracey"
"spot to make way for the video and McCartney. The airing of the video on this highly rated show was successful as the track climbed back up the chart the following week and aired on ""Top of the Pops"" on 4 November 1983. There had been concern that the show's stunts were too dangerous; indeed, the BBC was twice threatened with legal action by the Health and Safety Executive to stop planned stunts such as plucking a member of the public from an exploding chimney by helicopter. The BBC themselves described the stunts as ""some of the most daring feats"
"advertisements in the 1980s and 1990s calling for the castration of gay men. The United Kingdom Advertising Standards Authority ruled against Trago Mills and demanded the withdrawal of all advertisements in 1998. Trago still occasionally runs inflammatory copy within their ads, one entitled ""For any cash strapped Moslems reading this…"" appeared in the ""Falmouth Packet"" in 2009 to promote a book by senior UKIP official David Challice. With his son and successor, Bruce, Robertson supported Eurosceptic political parties, most recently the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Robertson threatened to refuse to stop using imperial measures in his stores, attributing UK"
"Labour party. In his letter of resignation he again stated that he has no recollection of the interview, that ""The Times"" had failed to provide the footage in order for it to be forensically examined and, consequently, that he was unable to get a fair hearing. He alleged that the video was deliberately doctored, perhaps by ""elements in Pakistan who bears grudge against me"". Ahmed married Sakina Bibi in 1974. They have a daughter and two sons He lives in Rotherham. Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed (born 24 April 1957) is a member of the British House"
"Jerry Hayes Jeremy Joseph James Hayes (born 20 April 1953) is a British former Conservative politician, the MP for Harlow in Essex from 1983 until 1997. He subsequently returned to practising criminal law. He was Member of Parliament for Harlow in Essex from 1983. He served on the Health and Heritage Select Committees and was a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Environment. He introduced a number of Acts including the Sexual Offences Act, the Nurse Prescribing Act and the Video Recordings Act. Hayes lost his seat to Bill Rammell, the Labour Party candidate,"
"Fuller, Amanda Milling, Amanda Solloway, Kelly Tolhurst and Chris White, and Scottish National Party MP Michelle Thomson. Tracey asked his first question in the House of Commons in June 2015, when he quizzed Junior Health Minister Sam Gyimah about childcare provisions. He gave his maiden speech to the House of Commons on 9 July 2015. Later in July he requested a Parliamentary debate on the issue of heavy goods vehicles parking on industrial estates and residential streets in his constituency, and called for future planning applications to make provisions for parking facilities for such vehicles. That month also saw Tracey"
"the march, including MP Anna Soubry and comedian Michael Brunström. ""The Independent"" wrote an editorial on 24 July 2018 calling for a ""final say on the Brexit deal"". Over the next two weeks the television presenter Gary Lineker, the satirist Armando Iannucci, broadcaster Gavin Esler, comedian Rory Bremner, and former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell also announced their support for the campaign. In August 2018 the co-founder of Superdry, Julian Dunkerton, donated £1m to the campaign. In the same month the Press Association reported that, according to a leaked memo, People's Vote were attempting to secure a motion calling for"
"into Jeremy Corbyn had been made public) the real Jeremy Corbyn joked, ""Don't worry, Tracey Ullman's coming"" at Prime Minister's Questions as they awaited the arrival of Prime Minister Theresa May. Upon seeing himself and Corbyn parodied in the series premiere, John McDonnell tweeted: ""Absolutely brilliant. Even I thought it was me and Jeremy for a while. Satire at its best."" A sketch featured in the series 2 premiere episode (broadcast on 1 June 2018) drew considerable ire from Labour Party members on social media. The sketch featuring Ullman as current Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn references the political leader's"
"to the House of Commons in the Alternative Vote referendum in 2011. In 2010 she donated £1,000 to Caroline Lucas's campaign to become the first Green MP during the 2010 General Election campaign. Lumley was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas at the 2015 general election. In August 2015, Lumley backed children's fairytales app ""GivingTales"" in aid of UNICEF together with other celebrities including Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball. She has also narrated a number of audiobooks"