What has Geri Horner said about her political views? The Spice Girl’s history as a Tory supporter

Every thing Geri Halliwell has stated about her political opinions (Image: Getty/Instagram)

Geri Horner has obtained combined reactions after backing Liz Truss for Prime Minister and posing for photographs with Nadine Dorries, however it’s not the primary time the Spice Women star has been open about her political opinions.

The singer, 49, who was beforehand referred to as Geri Halliwell – aka Ginger Spice – has typically alluded to her assist for the Conservative social gathering through the years.

Liz Truss, who's up towards Rishi Sunak to be the following Tory chief, revealed this week that Geri had informed her to ‘go for’ the management election.

Chatting with MailPlus, Ms Truss revealed: ‘She stated “go for it”, she was very optimistic.’

Her assist for Ms Truss comes after Geri was seen embracing Nadine Dorries in a photograph on social media, because the pair supported England’s Lionesses within the Euro 2022 remaining, during which they beat Germany 2-1.

The Conservative MP shared a snap of Geri hugging her as she informed her followers: ‘Lady energy radiating from Wembley tonight.’

The Spice Women star was seen embracing Nadine Dorries as they watched the soccer collectively (Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Followers had voiced their disapproval at Geri posing with Mrs Dorries given the politician’s historical past of voting towards homosexual marriage up to now.

With the Spice Women having a big LGBT+ following, followers didn't approve of Geri’s assist for Mrs Dorries.

In 2013, the singer got here underneath hearth for sharing a tribute to Margaret Thatcher after her loss of life, tweeting: ‘Pondering of our 1st Woman of woman energy, Margaret Thatcher, a greengrocer’s daughter who taught me any factor is feasible…x’.

After dealing with backlash, she deleted the tweet, including: ‘I used to be so confused and overwhelmed by a few of the suggestions I obtained that I took my tweet down and for that I used to be referred to as spineless.

Geri additionally voiced her assist for Liz Truss in accordance with the MP (Image: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Photographs)

The singer additionally referred to as Margaret Thatcher and Winston Churchill the unique Spice Women up to now (Image: Duncan Raban/Popperfoto through Getty Photographs)

‘Did I even actually know sufficient about Margaret Thatcher? Was I simply attempting to be related? She had clearly upset lots of people.

‘Now I realise that I do admire a lady, whether or not she is correct or fallacious, no matter her opinions. She had the braveness to face by her convictions. Not like me. I have a look at my behaviour, which uncovered how weak I used to be underneath hearth, not like Margaret Thatcher. Relaxation in peace.’

In 2019, she additionally described Winston Churchill because the ‘unique Spice Lady’, telling The Sunday Instances: ‘Even Winston Churchill obtained fired. Do you know that? He gained a conflict for us and he obtained fired.

‘For me, Winston Churchill is the unique Spice Lady. That's the one to comply with. What prime minister or president has walked out with individuals going, “Oh, he carried out a superb job?” Nobody.’