[1] Huggett was reported to have been an intelligence officer, who from 1989 ran a school in Hampshire, which closed down when the lease on its premises expired.
[2] At the European Parliament Election, 1994, Huggett was nominated under the label "Literal Democrat"[3] for the Devon and East Plymouth seat.
He ran his campaign from Canonteign Manor, the home he shared with his mother near Christow in the Teign valley in Devon.
[2] In an interview recorded during the campaign but due to be broadcast after it Huggett hinted that future government should be conducted through electronic referendums and said "the traditional party system generates all sorts of undemocratic processes.
Huggett also attempted to run as "Gerald Maclone" in the Winchester constituency in the 1997 general election and the following by-election (the sitting MP was junior minister Gerry Malone).