Geri Horner has acquired blended reactions after backing Liz Truss for Prime Minister and posing for photographs with Nadine Dorries, but it surely’s not the primary time the Spice Women star has been open about her political beliefs.
The singer, 49, who was beforehand generally known as Geri Halliwell – aka Ginger Spice – has usually alluded to her help for the Conservative get together through the years.
Liz Truss, who’s up in opposition to Rishi Sunak to be the following Tory chief, revealed this week that Geri had informed her to ‘go for’ the management election.
Chatting with MailPlus, Ms Truss revealed: ‘She stated “go for it”, she was very optimistic.’
Her help for Ms Truss comes after Geri was seen embracing Nadine Dorries in a photograph on social media, because the pair supported England’s Lionesses within the Euro 2022 remaining, through which they beat Germany 2-1.
The Conservative MP shared a snap of Geri hugging her as she informed her followers: ‘Lady energy radiating from Wembley tonight.’
Followers had voiced their disapproval at Geri posing with Mrs Dorries given the politician’s historical past of voting in opposition to homosexual marriage previously.
With the Spice Women having a big LGBT+ following, followers didn’t approve of Geri’s help for Mrs Dorries.
In 2013, the singer got here underneath hearth for sharing a tribute to Margaret Thatcher after her dying, tweeting: ‘Considering of our 1st Woman of lady energy, Margaret Thatcher, a greengrocer’s daughter who taught me any factor is feasible…x’.
After dealing with backlash, she deleted the tweet, including: ‘I used to be so confused and overwhelmed by a number of the suggestions I acquired that I took my tweet down and for that I used to be known as spineless.
‘Did I even actually know sufficient about Margaret Thatcher? Was I simply attempting to be related? She had clearly upset lots of people.
‘Now I realise that I do admire a lady, whether or not she is true or incorrect, no matter her opinions. She had the braveness to face by her convictions. Not like me. I have a look at my behaviour, which uncovered how weak I used to be underneath hearth, not like Margaret Thatcher. Relaxation in peace.’
In 2019, she additionally described Winston Churchill because the ‘authentic Spice Lady’, telling The Sunday Occasions: ‘Even Winston Churchill obtained fired. Do you know that? He received a warfare for us and he obtained fired.
‘For me, Winston Churchill is the unique Spice Lady. That’s the one to observe. What prime minister or president has walked out with individuals going, “Oh, he completed a very good job?” Nobody.’
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