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May 5, 2012 12:34 pm

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Many people have come from the Entertainment industry to become Labour campaigners and representatives – Glenda Jackson, Eddie Izzard, Richard Wilson – and Rhys Hutchings?

Hutchings – from the comedy Welsh rap act Goldie Lookin Chain (famous for “Guns don’t kill people, rappers do”) – also known as Zardoz, P.Xain and Dwain Xain Zedong, has been elected as a Labour councillor in Newport.

Hutchings will represent St Julians ward, being elected after a third recount with 981 votes. He was reported by MSN as saying:

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve had to do since my Duke of Edinburgh Award when I was fifteen years old. I’m chuffed to have won and it comes after hard work by my supporters and I’ve got to thank them for that. I can’t wait to help those people that trusted me and voted for me.”

Incidentally, the first line from GLC’s biggest hit was:

“Guns don’t kill people, rappers do. Ask any politician and they’ll tell you it’s true”

AlanGiles

Well, as 0ne half of a comedy duo once said, “there’s no answer to that”
MonkeyBot5000

Is this the same guy who was in Celebrity Big Brother at the same time as George Galloway? The guy who said (I’m paraphrasing) “I’m a musician so I’ve got nothing better to do, (GG) is a politician, he’s supposed to be representing people”?

If I didn’t already have an independent candidate who scored 5 times as many votes as both the main party candidates combined, I’d vote for him. Seriously, our independent won +80% of the vote because we can all look out our windows and point to something good that they’ve done.

If you want a councillor that works for you, vote for one that answers to you instead of one that answers to a party.
Swalpole53

MonkeyBot5000, no, it’s not the same person. That was ‘Maggot’.

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