UK: former porn director standing for Lib Dems

[muriel_volestrangler]

Yesterday, the 38-year-old, who is married and lives with her husband Tim and their dogs in Groombridge, near Tunbridge Wells, insisted she was ready to win the seat at the general election, which is currently held by Adam Holloway for the Conservatives.

Arrowsmith faces a tough fight in a constituency, where the Lib Dems trailed in third place on just 10.7% of the vote in 2005 and where political watchers expect a tough two-way fight in a seat where Labour had just 654 fewer votes than the Conservatives at the last poll.

Arrowsmith, who has an MA in philosophy, said she was spurred into standing for election by the MPs' expenses scandal and a belief that women are under-represented in parliament.
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Named best director at the 2008 and 2009 UK Adult Film and Television Awards, she describes herself as a keen campaigner for women's rights and anti-censorship issues and says she has spent 12 years trying to make the adult industry more female-friendly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/12/nick-clegg-defends-former-porn-director-anna-arrowsmith

There would be almost no chance of a Lib Dem winning in that seat anyway, and she was only selected because the expected Lib Dem candidate dropped out at the last minute. But it's an interesting little question - is 'female-friendly' porn a thing to be proud of, something that is 'not my cup of tea', as the Lb Dem leader says, but nothing to worry about, or something that would put off a lot of voters?

[derby378]

1. Hey, one of Vitter's supporters took a challenge from a porn star VERY seriously

Stormy Daniels is challenging Sen. Vitter in the LA primary, and someone firebombed her political adviser's car.

[NeedleCast]

2. I've got no issues with it