The People's Manifesto

The manifesto is made up of policies suggested and voted for by members of the public who attended Thomas's stand-up performances.

[1] Thomas then announced a contest to find someone to stand in the 2010 UK General Election based on the manifesto policies.

The winning policies in these shows were, "Reform the role of Whips in parliament",[8] and, "Banning bottled water and making drinking fountains etc more wide-spread via standpipes.

[11] 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.

[1][2] 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.

[2][12] It was announced on 1 April 2010 that the winner was Danny Kushlick,[13] the founder and director of Transform Drug Policy Foundation.