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He was selected in January 2014 to be the Labour candidate for [[Camborne and Redruth]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]],[{{cite news|url=http://m.screendaily.com/5081808.article|title=Michael Foster readies MP battle|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas] |
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He was selected in January 2014 to be the Labour candidate for [[Camborne and Redruth]] at the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]],[{{cite news|url=http://m.screendaily.com/5081808.article|title=Michael Foster readies MP battle|last=Wiseman|first=Andreas] |
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|work=Screen Daily|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=14 May 2017}} on a platform of creating jobs in Cornwall.[{{cite news|url=http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/10966026._Entertainment_and_media_entrepreneur__selected_as_Labour_candidate_for_Redruth_and_Camborne_seat/|title='Entertainment and media entrepreneur' selected as Labour candidate for Redruth and Camborne seat|work=[[Falmouth Packet]]|date=27 January 2014|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] He donated over £100,000 to his local party during the campaign. His election agent was Jude Robinson.[ He was endorsed by his celebrity clients [[Hugh Grant]],][{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2015/apr/30/hugh-grant-backs-former-agent-labour-mp-cornwall|title=Hugh Grant gives the naked truth about Labour candidate|work=Media Monkey Blog|date=30 April 2015|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] [[Ross Kemp]],[ and [[Alan Davies]].][{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/11547348.print/|title=Comedian Alan Davies speaks out in support of Camborne and Redruth election candidate|date=21 October 2014|work=This is the West Country|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] After being selected, Foster tossed his phone across a table during the filming of ''[[Daily Politics#Sunday Politics .28English regions.29|Sunday Politics]]'', hitting Conservative MP [[Sheryll Murray]] in the wrist; he apologised and said it was not deliberate.[{{cite news|url=http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/mp-shaken-hit-mobile-phone-filming-politics/story-23053782-detail/story.html|title=MP shaken after being hit by mobile phone during filming of politics show in Plymouth|work=Plymouth Herald|year=2015|accessdate=7 June 2017}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-29510317|title=Mobile phone tossed at MP in BBC television studio|publisher=BBC News|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] His [[Mebyon Kernow]] opponent [[Loveday Jenkin]] accused Foster of threatening her at a hustings, which he said was untrue.[ Foster increased the Labour vote, but the Conservative candidate won the seat by ]7000 votes. |
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|work=Screen Daily|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=14 May 2017}} on a platform of creating jobs in Cornwall.[{{cite news|url=http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/10966026._Entertainment_and_media_entrepreneur__selected_as_Labour_candidate_for_Redruth_and_Camborne_seat/|title='Entertainment and media entrepreneur' selected as Labour candidate for Redruth and Camborne seat|work=[[Falmouth Packet]]|date=27 January 2014|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] He donated over £100,000 to his local party during the campaign. His election agent was Jude Robinson.[ He was endorsed by his celebrity clients [[Hugh Grant]],][{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2015/apr/30/hugh-grant-backs-former-agent-labour-mp-cornwall|title=Hugh Grant gives the naked truth about Labour candidate|work=Media Monkey Blog|date=30 April 2015|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] [[Ross Kemp]],[ and [[Alan Davies]].][{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/11547348.print/|title=Comedian Alan Davies speaks out in support of Camborne and Redruth election candidate|date=21 October 2014|work=This is the West Country|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] After being selected, Foster tossed his phone across a table during the filming of ''[[Daily Politics#Sunday Politics .28English regions.29|Sunday Politics]]'', hitting Conservative MP [[Sheryll Murray]] in the wrist; he apologised and said it was not deliberate.[{{cite news|url=http://m.plymouthherald.co.uk/mp-shaken-hit-mobile-phone-filming-politics/story-23053782-detail/story.html|title=MP shaken after being hit by mobile phone during filming of politics show in Plymouth|work=Plymouth Herald|year=2015|accessdate=7 June 2017}}][{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-29510317|title=Mobile phone tossed at MP in BBC television studio|publisher=BBC News|date=6 October 2014|accessdate=7 June 2017}}] His [[Mebyon Kernow]] opponent [[Loveday Jenkin]] accused Foster of threatening her at a hustings, which he said was untrue.[ Foster increased the Labour vote, but the Conservative candidate won the seat by 7,000 votes.] |
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After [[Jeremy Corbyn]] won the Labour leadership in 2015, Foster heckled him at a [[Labour Friends of Israel]] event that September for not saying "Israel" in his speech.[ In April 2016, Foster withdrew funding from the central Labour Party due to what he perceived to be an increase in [[Chakrabarti Inquiry|antisemitism in the party]].][{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/jewish-labour-donor-not-one-pound-to-central-party/2016/04/10/|title=Jewish Labour Donor: 'Not One Pound to Central Party'|work=[[The Jewish Press]]|first=Hana Levi|last=Julian|date=10 April 2016|accessdate=16 May 2017}}] He sued in July 2016 to try to stop Corbyn being on the ballot in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 leadership election]] after Labour's NEC ruled that as the incumbent Corbyn did not need to be nominated to be a candidate, but [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] Judge [[David Foskett]] ruled that Corbyn could stand;[{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-1.738869?v=02F94CE907B450B6E6FF7E3688869FBF|title=The Jewish Millionaire Trying to Oust Labour's Jeremy Corbyn|first=Yakir|last=Zur|work=Haaretz|date=27 August 2016|accessdate=15 May 2017}}] Corbyn called the case a "waste of time and resources".[{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36909862|title=Labour leadership: Corbyn ballot challenge rejected] |
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After [[Jeremy Corbyn]] won the Labour leadership in 2015, Foster heckled him at a [[Labour Friends of Israel]] event that September for not saying "Israel" in his speech.[ In April 2016, Foster withdrew funding from the central Labour Party due to what he perceived to be an increase in [[Chakrabarti Inquiry|antisemitism in the party]].][{{cite news|url=http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/jewish-labour-donor-not-one-pound-to-central-party/2016/04/10/|title=Jewish Labour Donor: 'Not One Pound to Central Party'|work=[[The Jewish Press]]|first=Hana Levi|last=Julian|date=10 April 2016|accessdate=16 May 2017}}] He sued in July 2016 to try to stop Corbyn being on the ballot in the [[2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2016 leadership election]] after Labour's NEC ruled that as the incumbent Corbyn did not need to be nominated to be a candidate, but [[High Court of Justice|High Court]] Judge [[David Foskett]] ruled that Corbyn could stand;[{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-1.738869?v=02F94CE907B450B6E6FF7E3688869FBF|title=The Jewish Millionaire Trying to Oust Labour's Jeremy Corbyn|first=Yakir|last=Zur|work=Haaretz|date=27 August 2016|accessdate=15 May 2017}}] Corbyn called the case a "waste of time and resources".[{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36909862|title=Labour leadership: Corbyn ballot challenge rejected] |
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