Brighton Kemptown election candidate mistaken for Peter Stringfellow (From The Argus)
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Brighton Kemptown election candidate mistaken for Peter Stringfellow
6:20pm Saturday 24th April 2010 in
An election hopeful believed his popularity was soaring as members of the public stopped him for his autograph.
But Brighton Kemptown candidate Dave Hill was suffering from a case of mistaken identity as his fans thought he was in fact nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow.
Long-haired Mr Hill, who is standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition party, was stunned to be stopped by women wanting his signature while he was out canvassing for votes.
Mr Hill, 65, of Cumberland Road, Brighton, said: “I thought it was a victory for socialism, but they thought I was Peter Stringfellow.”
As well as the familiar silver-mane, the nightclub owner and his election hopeful look-a-like celebrate their birthdays just seven days apart, although Mr Stringfellow is five years older than Mr Hill.
Despite the obvious physical similarities, Mr Hill said there were quite a lot of differences between him and Mr Stringfellow.
He said: “I have never owned a leopard print thong. I don’t own any strip clubs and don’t even go to any.”
Mr Stringfellow has been vocal about his support of the Conservatives and in February auctioned dinner at his London lapdancing club to raise funds for David Cameron’s election campaign.
Mr Hill said that almost every time he meets his prospective constituents they welcome him with open arms, but possibly because they think he is the well known celebrity.
He said: “I was in Peacehaven at the weekend. We went for a meal at the carvery and three women came up to me and asked for my autograph.
“I of course obliged and asked ‘are you going to vote for me?’ They just looked very confused and asked ‘why would we vote for you?’.
“It happened again when was on the back of the campaign bus going about five miles an hour up St James’s Street.”
Mr Hill said that at the launch of the TUSC manifesto in Dundee last week, a group of female fans ran up to them saying: “I’ve always wanted to meet you”.
Peter Stringfellow is not the only person Mr Hill has been mistaken for.
He said: “When I was younger I used to get stopped and asked if I was David Essex.”
Also running in the Brighton Kemptown constituency are Simon Burgess (Labour) James Chamberlain-Webber (UKIP), Ben Duncan (Green Party), Simon Kirby (Conservative) and Juliet Williams (Liberal Democrats).
Have you spotted any other election lookalikes? Tell us at theargus.co.uk/news
Comments(15)
sussexone
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7:13pm Sat 24 Apr 10
lol, would u believe these security words: wine-jump
The Brighton Bear
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7:23pm Sat 24 Apr 10
puddingandpi
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7:34pm Sat 24 Apr 10
Poor bloke.
PeteBrighton
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8:37pm Sat 24 Apr 10
Lewesman
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10:02pm Sat 24 Apr 10
What a pretentious tosser.
Tye
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11:17pm Sat 24 Apr 10
Lewesman wrote:i.e you're a tory
“I thought it was a victory for socialism" What a pretentious tosser.
Angryoldman
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9:35am Sun 25 Apr 10
Lewesman
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10:10am Sun 25 Apr 10
Tye wrote:No. I haven't decided who I am going to vote for yet but it certainly will not be Labour.
Lewesman wrote:i.e you're a tory
“I thought it was a victory for socialism" What a pretentious tosser.
JKW
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2:36pm Sun 25 Apr 10
Colin Houlson
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3:31pm Sun 25 Apr 10
jasper3
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6:31pm Sun 25 Apr 10
pw08
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7:27pm Sun 25 Apr 10
JKW wrote:Would this be the same Dan Hannan who was paid by Murdoch to go on Fox News and slag off the NHS? I believe the words he used were "historical mistake".
Good to See Simon Kirby and Dan Hannan out in Queens park area this weekend they were chatting to everyone...anyone seen Burgess at all?...expect he was at home in Hove debating whether to vote for Mike Weatherley or not
Is this Kirby's view too?
TheInsider
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9:00pm Sun 25 Apr 10
Why does he use Facebook and have a website but he is not contactable and does not have details of his local issue policies, or campaigns etc on these sites.
Take a look at them. I am getting very concerned that he just wants to get into Parliament and then deal with national politics and not represent local people as there is not one mention of local work on his site. I also read that he likes to attend the Albion games when he is not busy.....if he thinks he is busy now, how the hell will he really be able to represent us.
Also why did he send a represenative to a political event last week? Was he too busy to turn up as he was with his busy family or multi-million pound business?
Still no answers, week after week after week.
I would be delighted to see him. Two ladies in my street also want to see him as apparently he sent them campaign leaflets at the weekend addressed to Mrs and both of them are Miss.
They rekon Kirby is unable to understand that women may own their own properties and guessed their marital status as Mrs.
Opps Simon. Hell hath no fury....
But seriously, please answer my questions or perhaps some of the Tories on here can answer them.
I haven't seen anyone else from other parties either, although Burgess does have a good website. There is a funny video on it of Kirby and Burgess. Take a look.
A Gold
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9:21pm Sun 25 Apr 10
om/watch?v=FiSPRkq28
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What a scary man that Dan Hannan is. Reminds me of a real life Alan B'Stard.
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