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Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor
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Happy Mondays dancer Bez is planning to stand for election as an MP, he revealed today.
The maraca-shaking star revealed plans to contest Salford in Greater Manchester on a platform of ending war, cancer and ‘evil being the main policy’.
The one-time Celebrity Big Brother winner said he wanted to ‘stir things up’ in the battle to succeed former Labour Cabinet minister Hazel Blears.
Happy Mondays dancer Bez has revealed he plans to stand for election as an MP
The 49-year-old said he wants to end war and ‘evil as a policy’
The 49-year-old is still best known for his role as the dancing mascot of Shaun Ryder’s band Happy Mondays, and later Black Grape.
He plans to launch his political career with a visit to support anti-fracking protesters at Barton Moss in Salford this weekend.
He said: ‘I’ve been saying we need a revolution and there’s no good shouting about it when you’re not actually doing anything.
‘If you want to do something about things you’ve got to get into the corridors of power and take them on.’
The keen beekeeper said he wants to create a ‘permacultural society where we’ll end illness’ including dementia and cancer
Since his Madchester heyday, Bez has branched out including revealing his love of beekeeping.
He said one of policies would be a ‘permacultural society where we’ll end illness and get everybody back to an alkaline state’ including tackling cancer and dementia.
The Manchester United fan said he wanted to end the banking system, confiscating wealth and redistributing it to the poor.
He told the Manchester Evening News: ‘If you’re voting for me, you’re voting as a protest about what’s happening in the world at the moment.
‘I’m going to create a new world order and get rid of them and start again with a new, fairer system without evil being the main policy.’
The maraca-shaker found fame as a dancer with Shaun Ryder’s Happy Mondays and later Black Grape
Bez is expected to stand as an independent candidate in Salford, where he was born and grew up. Former Labour Cabinet minister Hazel Blears is standing down as Salford MP
He also wants to end ‘all war’ and put a stop to ‘divide and rule’ strategies.
Pressed on what he hopes to achieve for Salford – where he was born and grew up – he admitted: ‘‘I don’t know yet, I’m in the midst of writing it up.
‘I’ve got lots of meetings with different people next week.’
He is expected to stand as an independent candidate in Salford, a safe Labour seat which will become vacant when Ms Blears stands down at the election.
Protesters have descended on a test drilling site at Barton Moss to oppose fracking. Bez is expected to visit the camp on Sunday before joining environmental campaigners as they walk in front of energy firm IGas’s lorries to slow their entry into the site on Monday.
He said: ‘I’ve always supported it quietly but I’m going along because people have put a lot of time and effort into protesting against an unsafe technology.
‘I believe in free energy and there’s alternative energy sources out there but the bankers and the people in charge don’t want to use them.’
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John,
Durham,
30 minutes ago
Imagine the voice of Frank Gallagher from ‘Shameless’ “Party”
sam,
here,
41 minutes ago
At least his ‘policies’ mean well, unlike the load of old guff we’ve got in power.
zebde,
Manchester,
1 hour ago
Noooo I live in Salford and don’t want this buffoon as my MP
John,
Durham,
29 minutes ago
mrandmrshappy98,
London, United Kingdom,
1 hour ago
Apparently that MP’s pay rise is already encouraging a higher calibre of candidate.
John Bottomley,
Huddersfield, United Kingdom,
1 hour ago
This man(?) is an admitted drug user who can barely string two words together. I take it he’ll be standing for the Liebore party?
Mr jolly,
Chorley UK,
2 hours ago
Bez …YES YES YES!!!
PLEASE GET YOURSELF INTO PARLIAMENT! !!
you have my vote!
Disgusted of TW,
Tumbridge Wells,
53 minutes ago
me,
Dubai,
4 hours ago
Hate this idiot. What an ego.
sg,
London,
4 hours ago
How about taking wealth from pop stars instead esp the ones that spend 6 months out of the year abroad!!!
sS2,
salford, United Kingdom,
5 hours ago
He doesn’t even live in the City of Salford plus the old guard vote Labour no matter what Labour does to them
Gary Smith,
Liverpool, United Kingdom,
7 hours ago
I would have thought that a drug addict with delusions of grandeur would have been better suited to running the co-op bank! But what do I know?
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