Celebra-tories: Jim Davidson
Jim Davidson is the classic celebra-tory.
Like many, he threatened to leave Britain in 1997 if Labour won the election.
He finally emigrated to Dubai in 2004, telling Des O’Conner…
“I could change my religion to Muslim and have four wives. Mind you I’d have four mothers-in-law if I did that.”
See what he did there? We can’t help but wonder how he feels about living with, ahem, Johnny Foreigner, but there you go.
Bewilderingly, he was made an OBE for his charity work in 2000.
Two years later he addressed the Conservative Party conference on defence policy, explaining:
“I don’t yet know exactly what I’m going to say, but I reckon it will be controversial stuff.”
Just like Sinderella, we presume. He was clearly the right man for the job - after all, he’d donated £5,000 to Iain Duncan-Smith’s leadership campaign.
Davidson is notably absent from the current Tory campaign, suggesting that their PR people have seen sense.
April 8th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
As they say, ‘the personal is political’ and just a brief look at Jim Davidson’s character speaks volumes aout the party he supports. He once refused to give a stand up ‘comedy’ performance because there was a disabled person in the front row and one of his many unfortunate wives, who at that time was an HTV newsreader, read the news one evening with a black eye! Jim Davidson now lives in Dubai.
April 8th, 2005 at 8:09 pm
Jim Davidson is clearly Tory Scum and I’m relieved he finally left the country.
However, your next Celebra-tory should be Paul Daniels - remember how he threatened to leave the country in 1997 if Labour got in, but never did? Probably increased turnout for Labour by several thousand.
May 19th, 2006 at 4:03 pm
I think you will find that he did not want disabled people in front because the front row are traditionally those picked on and he did not feel it was right. Could be true? Also, I do not blame him leaving this country as it is getting worse and worse under labour and it is going to take a strong government to put it back on its feet. I just pray that it is someone sensible this time!
July 6th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
The disabled people knew that when they brought the tickets and were prepared for it.
Jim refused to go on because he was unable to change his act? Surely not a consumate loveable friendly professional like Jim. Some of his best friends are black too I understand.
October 8th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I’m sorry but anyone who stands up for Jim Davidson is a grade ‘A’ cunt. End of story.
November 24th, 2007 at 6:13 am
After watching clips from some of jim davidsons shows i have come up with this conclusion, he is grotesquely unhumorous. He is beyond any controversial limits, he does not realise how mentally sick he is in every way. He should not be recognised as a comedian as his ‘gags’ consist of being as offensive as possible beyond any social acceptance, gaining applauds from some of the most ignorant people on earth. I cannot stress how bigoted and fascist this vile human is. We can all hope that his existance in the public eye fails as soon as possible, and that his is erased from history forever….. WHAT A CUNT!
June 24th, 2008 at 7:16 am
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