The son of a diamond merchant, Weiss failed his 11 plus exam on the day King George VI died.
Later in life, he very nearly recruited their former striker, Jackie Milburn, to stand for his Captain Rainbow's Universal Party in 1985 in Tyne Bridge.
[3] He founded his own parties from the proceeds of the sale of a mews house in Hampstead, north London, which he moved into in 1969, but stopped paying rent in 1984, remaining there as a squatter for the required 12 years.
[5] He made a profit of £710,000 from the sale of the house in 2004 after HM Land Registry awarded him possessory ownership of the property, known as acquiring title by adverse possession.
[8][9] Weiss founded his own political party, the Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket, and first stood for the European Parliament in 1994 in the London Central constituency.