Ex-Neighbours star Holly Valance today revealed herself as a fervent supporter of the Tory Right in a surprise appearance at the launch of a new Conservative faction.
The 40-year-old, who went on to have a pop career after her stint on the Australian soap opera, attended a central London event to hear from senior Tory MPs.
Valance attended the launch of the ‘Popular Conservatism’ group together with her property tycoon husband Nick Candy.
The couple listened to speeches from ex-prime minister Liz Truss, former business secretary Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, and leading ‘Red Wall’ MP Lee Anderson.
Speaking after the event, Valance revealed how she was attracted to the Tory Right after shunning ‘crap ideas’ from ‘lefties’ earlier in her life.
The mother-of-two took a swipe at climate alarmists and revealed her concern about ‘the way things are going in the country’.
She also expressed her wish for Sir Jacob to be PM and hailed Mr Anderson – commonly known as ’30p Lee’ due to his past comments about food bank users – as ‘awesome’.
The Popular Conservatism group – dubbed the ‘PopCons’ – has been formed by allies of Ms Truss and aims to reform Britain to ‘allow conservative values to flourish’.
In an interview with GB News, Valance described how she was motivated to attend this morning’s launch event in order to ‘listen to good ideas’.
‘I’m a citizen like everyone else here who’s concerned about the way things are going in the country,’ the former actress said.
‘Many things worry and bother me with two little children to bring up – what they might inherit. So I want to come and listen to ideas, good ideas.’
She added: ‘Everyone starts off as a leftie and then wakes up at some point after you start either making money, working, trying to run a business, trying to buy a home, and then realise what crap ideas they all are – and then you go to the right.
‘The speakers today were fantastic. I thought Liz was actually really, really interesting to listen to. Jacob for PM!
‘The MP for Ashfield (Mr Anderson) was awesome, love a northerner, straight to the point and very sensible.’
During his address to the ‘PopCon’ launch, Mr Anderson argued that Britons do not care about the Government’s Net Zero emissions strategy.
And Valance appeared to agree with the Tory MP’s stance, as she told the TV news channel: ‘I just think the climate crisis – or lack of – is not a crisis.
‘The air is better than when I was growing up. It used to stink walking down the street when I was growing up.
‘Cleaner, cheaper energy is what we need – we’re perfectly able to get it and have it.
‘But we’re just putting all these restrictions on normal people who are just trying to go about their business and get to work, pick up their children from school, go to the supermarket.
‘It’s just insanity, it’s like smashing your head up against a wall every day.’
William Turner is a seasoned U.K. correspondent with a deep understanding of domestic affairs. With a passion for British politics and culture, he provides insightful analysis and comprehensive coverage of events within the United Kingdom.
