Editing Bill Bailey (section)

==Political views and activism==
Bailey is a lifelong supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and appeared in its fifth party election broadcast of the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rro9m9RCLzI&feature=player_embedded| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/rro9m9RCLzI| archive-date=2021-11-14 | url-status=live|title=Sixty Seconds|publisher=YouTube|date=3 May 2010|access-date=26 August 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2015, he endorsed [[Jeremy Corbyn]]'s [[2015 Jeremy Corbyn Labour Party leadership campaign|campaign]] in the [[2015 Labour Party (UK) leadership election|Labour Party leadership election]], saying, "Corbyn's nomination showed there is a kind of craving for a bit of honest speaking, a bit of principled plain speaking. But I think he is in a bit of a bind. Nuanced debate doesn't cut it in the toxic, political atmosphere. He’s having a fast-forward of his own political evolution, having to become 'a politician' – the thing he never was."<ref name="standard">{{cite news |last=Ellis|first=David|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/comedy/bill-bailey-interview-a3134216.html|title=Bill Bailey on happiness, Jeremy Corbyn and how turning 50 changed him|newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]]|date=10 December 2015|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

Bailey is a [[feminism|feminist]] and a supporter of the [[Fawcett Society]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Bailey |url=http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=447 |publisher=Fawcett Society |access-date=22 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122323/http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=447 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Suzanne|title=What's the nicest thing a man can do for a woman? Shout at a bigot|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/feb/26/suzanne-moore-feminist-men-shout-at-a-bigot|access-date=22 August 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 February 2011}}</ref> He is also a prominent advocate of [[Men's movement|men's issues]], most notably raising awareness of [[prostate cancer]] and the Men United campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://menunited.prostatecanceruk.org/|title=Prostate Cancer UK|work=prostatecanceruk.org|access-date=2 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123005457/https://menunited.prostatecanceruk.org/|archive-date=23 November 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is a patron of [[International Animal Rescue]] and has been instrumental in the organisation's campaign to rescue [[Tame bear|dancing bears]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Dancing bears 'tradition' to be halted in India|url=http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/dancing-bears.html|access-date=12 December 2011|newspaper=Wildlife Extra|date=October 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Comic joins animal protest|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/2243922.comic_joins_animal_protest/|access-date=12 December 2011|newspaper=The Argus|date=3 May 2008}}</ref> He has also campaigned for the [[Sumatran Orangutan]] Society. For his work in [[Environmental protection|environmental conservation]], he received an [[honorary doctorate]] in conservation and sustainability from the Australian [[University of the Sunshine Coast]] in October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu.au/university/news-and-events/events-calendar/2014/october/bill-bailey-honorary-doctorate-ceremony-at-university-of-the-sunshine-coast |title=Bill Bailey&nbsp;— Honorary Doctorate ceremony at University of the Sunshine Coast |access-date=14 October 2014 |publisher=University of the Sunshine Coast |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014091739/http://www.usc.edu.au/university/news-and-events/events-calendar/2014/october/bill-bailey-honorary-doctorate-ceremony-at-university-of-the-sunshine-coast |archive-date=14 October 2014 }}</ref>