a box that says 'None of the above.'" "That Windsor be renamed Lower Slough." "We should build 100,000 council houses a year." "The Daily Mail should have to declare on the masthead 'The newspaper that supported Hitler!'" "There should be a public referendum before going to war." In August 2009, Thomas performed his show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in which the winning policies during the Fringe were debated before a selection of Members of the Scottish Parliament. Radio show A two-part radio series based on the People's Manifesto, entitled Mark Thomas: The Manifesto was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 25 June and 2 July 2009. The winning policies in these shows were, "Reform the role of Whips in parliament", and, "Banning bottled water and making drinking fountains etc more wide-spread via standpipes." A second series began on 4 February 2010. Winning policies so far include "Re-instate Saint Monday". By 2013, there had been five series. Book A book containing a selection of the policies, entitled Mark Thomas Presents The People's Manifesto, was published by Ebury Press on 28 January 2010, ISBN 978-0091937966. 2010 UK general election To promote Mark Thomas Presents The People's Manifesto, a competition was organised by Thomas and Ebury Press to find a person to stand in the 2010 general election as an independent candidate, based on the policies listed in manifesto. The person selected as the candidate would be paid their £500 deposit to stand in the election, in addition to £500 to cover campaign expenses, and would be supported by Thomas during the campaign. It was announced on 1 April 2010 that the winner was Danny Kushlick, the founder and director of Transform Drug Policy Foundation. He stood in the constituency of Bristol West. The policies that Kushlick campaigned on were: "Drugs will be legalised and their production will be nationalised (and Mark Thomas will become the 'Drug Tsar')." "If it pisses down with rain on a bank holiday, it will be considered a rollover." "Trident will be scrapped." "Newspaper retractions will be printed in the same font size and on the same page as the offending article." "A cap will be put on house prices, relative to the average wage in the area (and more council houses will be built in these areas)." "People who complain there are too many immigrants will be banned from restaurants serving anything other than British food."