Comic stands as Green Party candidate | Fummey to fight for seat on Perth council

Comic stands as Green Party candidate

Fummey to fight for seat on Perth council

Comedian Bruce Fummey is to stand for election for the Green party.

The stand-up, who won the Scottish Comedian of the Year title in 2014, is hoping to land a seat on Perth and Kinross council, where there has never been a Green councillor before.

Fummey told Scottish newspaper The National: ‘Some people say there are already enough comedians on Perth and Kinross Council, but I disagree.’

He added that there would be ‘no conflict’ with his job as a stand-up, saying that when Scottish Greens leader Patrick Harvey comes to Perth on April 22, ‘I will be handing out leaflets in the afternoon, then in the evening I will be performing my stand-up show.’

Fummey joined the party following the 2014 independence referendum.

Published: 6 Apr 2017

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