He tried to become the Labour Candidate for Mayor of London because of his ten year involvement with the now alas, defunct constitutional reform campaign, Charter 88 of who's Council he was a member. He has also been a committee member of Republic, the campaign for an elected Head of State. In April 2001, he decided to start running for the as-yet-undefined office of President for Britain. He attempted to join the relevant National Secular Society in November 2000 but was refused membership for unexplained reasons!