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Founding his own party from the proceeds of the sale of a house in Hampstead , London which he moved into in 1969 but stopped paying rent on in 1984 ; remaining there as a Squatter he made a profit of £710,000 on the sale of the house in 2004 after HM Land Registry awarded him ownership of the property. He is proposing a 'preferendum' where voters choose individual policies from amongst those offered by each of the major parties. As of March 2006, Weiss disclosed on the Clive Bull radio show that he had about £212,000 still remaining from the windfall. POLITICS Founding his own political party, the " Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket " he previously stood in the 2001 General Election for the Belfast East constituency where he won a total of 71 votes (0.2% of those cast). Despite this, Weiss has spent considerable time and money organising an unofficial postal Referendum to ask the people of Belfast whether they would like the city to be renamed "Best City", a name inspired by the late Northern Ireland Football player George Best . With the celebrity endorsement of former professional Snooker player Alex Higgins , the referendum is due to take place in 2006 at an estimated cost (to Weiss himself) of £100,000. Weiss was a candidate at the Brent East By-election in 2003 where he came bottom of a list of 16 candidates with just eleven votes. The ''Vote for Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket'' election record was then "surpassed" at the 2005 General election when British Model Catherine Taylor-Dawson stood for the party in Cardiff North and achived a single vote, though presumably not from Taylor-Dawson herself, who wasn't eligible to vote in that constituency. Weiss himself set a new election record by simultaneously standing in 12 constituencies, beating Tom Keen of the Campaign For A More Prosperous Britain 's previous record of 10. RADIO PHONE-INS Known as "George from Hampstead", or in light of his Belfast referendum plans "George Looney", he is a regular caller to the Clive Bull show on London radio station LBC , promoting his lastest political ideas. He also calls TalkSPORT late at night, most often to speak to James Whale or whoever is presenting the 1-5am slot. However, he is usually referred to as 'Rainbow George' when calling that station. Occasionally he phones BBC Radio Five Live where he's treated as a normal caller and usually gets cut off as soon as he attempts to publicise his own political agenda. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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