A second series began on 4 February 2010. Winning policies so far include "Re-instate Saint Monday". By 2013, there had been five series. 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. 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:   Kushlick finished sixth out of seven candidates, losing to Stephen Williams MP of the Liberal Democrats, Paul Smith of Labour Party, Nick Yarker of the Conservative Party, Ricky Knight of the Green Party and Christopher Lees of UK Independence Party. Kushlick received a total of 343 votes, winning 0.6% of the share of the vote. He defeated one candidate: Jon Baker of the English Democrats Party.