Posted on 05/05/2010 11:50:09 AM PDT by Ravi
Most celebrities in the entertainment world (the vocal ones, anyway) on both sides of the Atlantic tend to support the most far-left political candidates at election time. But ever the contrarian, American Idol’s Simon Cowell (who is, of course, a UK citizen even though he spends a lot of time in Hollywood) has announced his support for David Cameron, the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, in tomorrow’s general election. Cowell told The Sun, “I like [Cameron], I trust him. He has substance and the stomach to navigate us through difficult times.” Like many of us, Cowell said he is no fan of celebrities tediously lecturing the public about politics, but also said that “I am passionate about this country and I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.”
If the Conservatives (also known as the Tories) capture a majority of the seats in the House of Commons, Cameron will become prime minister. Under a parliamentary system, the voters do not elect the prime minister directly; instead they vote for their local member of parliament who in turn votes for the PM (equivalent to the U.S. president).
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He always votes for the best person who can get the job done.
Perhaps he should run for office!
If only the Tories were remotely conservative anymore.
“I am passionate about this country and I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.”
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Hear! Hear!
Godspeed British Lion.
Under our system the Voters do not elect the President the elect Electors.
Michael Caine is also voting Tory. (Caine supported Thatcher but not Major; when Major came ‘round, Caine switched to Blair.)
Simon Cowell is one of the few things worth a whit on television.
I hate American Idol, but love Simon.
He provides an invaluable service to young people: he tells them the truth.
Many of the kids that make it to the auditions have been lied to (with good intentions) most of their lives about how good they really are.
Mr. Cowell lowers the boom of reality on them which is something that many of them sorely need.
it sounds like he may have joined the Tea Party
(apparently David Clegg wants to institute the Lani Guinier Proportional Voting System? Like, One Muslim, Seven Votes?)
Nick Clegg.
Cowell represents what made England a world power. Smart, tough, patriotic, and smug enough to not challenge unless you have your act together. Too bad he and those like him are too few in numbers in the UK.
“Under our system the Voters do not elect the President the elect Electors.”
Holy cow!
All of this time I never saw the similarities between the Electoral College, and the process of choosing a PM. A sorta “one-time use” parliament.
I wonder if the founders did this way using that as a model?
More from simon:
Choosing how you vote should not be a snap verdict based on a few minutes of television. We are not talent show judges picking pretty-sounding contestants now.
The future government of our country is so much more important than that.
It should be everyone’s birthright to get the chance to fulfil their dream.
Yes, for some it’s being a pop star. But for many more hard-working Brits, it’s something far less flash - it’s starting your own business.
That’s what it was for me. But that’s harder in our country now than it has been for a long time and that really has to change.
It’s not just that the banks won’t lend. The masses of red tape, regulation and political correctness have tied us all up in knots.
On this I agree with Sir Philip Green - one of Britain’s most successful businessmen, who runs the clothing chain Arcadia, including Top Shop, Miss Selfridge, Burton and Dorothy Perkins.
It’s the government’s job to encourage entrepreneurialism and investment. Most importantly, it’s the government’s duty to inspire confidence.
It should give hope to the younger generation to build on our wonderful heritage. It should inspire us to get out there and create and invent.
And then it should get right out of the way.
Right now it takes twice as long to start a business in the UK as it does in the USA. I was recently told that around 40,000 new regulations have been introduced since 1998 - that’s 14 every working day.
Then we were ranked 4th in world for least burdensome regulation. Now we are 86th. The problem with this tinkering is the State can stifle and frustrate ambition, rather than encourage entrepreneurs, which is crazy.
Where do you think that they got the idea from?
Conservative there, doesn’t mean what does here....
That alone may change a few minds since many who watch this crap might be influenced by Simon’s views. Than again, since I’m told he’s a smart a$$ they’ll probably tie him tot he Tea Party. Is he a tea .....?
Simon Cowell is a businessman and is looking for someone who can DELIVER.
If we get a Value Added Tax with a new tax added to resources at every stage of production, we too will be overburdened by red tape. Wheee. Obama sucks.
To be fair to some of the singers, Simon himself has found some of these people to be talented but unmarketable (and they have instituted an age limit in part for this). He’s even advised some to get a gig singing on a cruise or something.
It may not be the limelight they are looking for but it is work. Most couldn’t even cut that.
If I were in UK I wouldn’t be a fan of the Tories (too liberal): I’d vote minor parties (where they have a bigger impact than here in the US), but I admire Cowell’s courage, and always knew I liked him, maybe it was because he was a straight shooter- and that typically logically means conservative!
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