Pop stars who became politicians

Norwegian singer-songwriter Tove Karoline Knudsen is now in the Norwegian parliament.

Cicciolina was in Pop Will Eat Itself then she became presedant of Italy.

(HOOS will be taught this next week)

peter garret is minister for environment but he's not allowed to speak of the environment because he's a bit dim.

He's not dim, he's just inexperienced. The previous Labor leader gave him a shadow portfolio to build the party's credentials.

Garrett's big problem is that he sent decades protesting against pulp mills, damming projects, etc., yet as a politician he's had to compromise all over the place. Every politician has to compromise, but no other has had the public exposure Garrett has had. He just looks like a giant hypocrite now.

sent = spent

Cicciolina was in Pop Will Eat Itself then she became presedant of Italy

She did actually make an album which, in my opinion, was better than anything PWEI ever put out.

There's currently two former rock musicians (one of whom, Mikko Alatalo, had some massive hits in Finland before his current career), one former radio DJ (who specialized in playing Eurodance and techno), and one former MTV VJ in the Finnish parliament.

Alan Johnson was in a band that put out a single (or two) I believe.

Hazel Blears did some remix work for Hijack in the early 90s

Though, if I remember correctly, both of those rock musicians have degrees in social sciences, I don't think they're totally clueless.

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