 In the early 1980s , Mosley attempted a political career , working for the UK Conservative Party and hoping to become a parliamentary candidate . Bernie Ecclestone 's biographer , Terry Lovell , writes that he gave up this aspiration after being unimpressed by " the calibre of senior party officials " . He also felt his name would be a handicap and has since said " If I had a completely open choice in my life , I would have chosen party politics , but because of my name , that 's impossible . " By the late 1990s he had become a supporter of the UK Labour Party , following a meeting with then Labour Leader John Smith . 
 In the early 1980s , Mosley attempted a political career , working for the UK Conservative Party and hoping to become a parliamentary candidate . Bernie Ecclestone <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>biographer , Terry Lovell , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>writes</mark></a> that he gave up this aspiration after being unimpressed by " the calibre of senior party officials " . He also felt his name would be a handicap and <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> since said " If I had a completely open choice in my life , I would <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> chosen party politics , but because of my name , that 's impossible . " By the late 1990s he <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>had</mark></a> become a supporter of the UK Labour Party , following a meeting with then Labour Leader John Smith . 
In da early 1980s , Mosley attempted a political career , working fir the UK Conservative Party and hoping to become a parliamentary candidate . Bernie Ecclestone  biographer , Terry Lovell , write that he gave up this aspiration after bein unimpressed by " tdacalibre of senior party officials " . He also felt his name would be a handicap and have since said " If I had a completely open choice in my life , I would done chosen party politics , but b/c of mah name , that 's impossible . " By the late 1990s he done become a supporter of the UK Labour Party , following a meeting with then Labour Leader John Smith .