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What do Colin Firth, Kate Winslett, Andrew Motion & Brian Eno have in common?

By Iain Roberts | Sun 14th February 2010 - 2:28 pm

According to today’s Observer, and blogged by Paul Walter, the Lib Dems are doing surprisingly well in the celebrity supporter stakes.

For Labour, long time backer J K Rowling (who surely could match the Ashcroft money and hardly notice it had gone, if the mood took her) is joined by David Tennant. He must be a worry for Labour – Tennant’s support may lose Gordon the Dalek vote his only-slighty-too-authoritarian government seem to have spent the last 13 years attracting.

The Conservatives meanwhile have Carol Vorderman, Kirstie Allsopp* and Trevor ‘bong’ MacDonald. Older readers will remember Carol …

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Posted in General Election | Also tagged andrew motion, brian eno, carol vorderman, coldplay, colin firth, daleks, david tennant, j k rowling, john cleese, kate winslet, razorlight and the kinks | 4 Comments

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