Celebrity Tory candidate plan backfires shock - no comments

Here's Tory by-election candidate, Tony Lit (to his friends) pictured at a Labour Party fund-raising dinner (also here), with his political friend, later, arch-enemy, Tony Blair, just 5 days after paying this nice cheque, 7 days before joining the Conservative Party, and one additional day before being 'parachuted in' as Tory candidate.



I imagine you're lucky if you don't work in a profession where you're expected to smile for the camera whichever saint or scum-bag you're stood next to. All the same, you have to wonder about the intellectual seriousness of any political animal who's prepared to look so relaxed with a party leader when their views are so in flux that they jump party within a week of the photo having been taken (this logic applies just as readily to defecting members of Parliament). In the unlikely event of David Cameron appearing at a function I was invited to, I doubt I'd be able to crack much of a smile with him even if I was wobbling, politically (which, thanks to DC, I'm a very long way from doing).

I don't know anything about Lit's political views. He might be reasonable for all I know, but appearing to be a fraud from Day 1 isn't a good start: with luck we won't have to worry after Thursday, July 19th.

Thanks - and apologies - to Mr W and Mr B.