Like many things in life (for example: standing on one leg) a career in comedy is all about balance.  You need a good balance of effort spent on working on your act, and promoting yourself.  Spend too much time working on your act at the expense of promotion and you will be very funny, but no one will ever come to watch you.  Spend too much time attempting to publicise yourself and not enough time working on your act and you become Aaron Barschak.

You see, Barschack is about as funny has having a Wookie slowly inserted into your rectum.  (if you found that funny, then please substitute the analogy with something you don't find funny, just don't use Tipex on your monitor). 

But what Barschak lacks in comic ability (which is pretty much everything) he makes up for in blatant attempts at self-publicity.  To date he has gate crashed Prince William's birthday party, been hijacked by a Saddam Hussein impersonator at the Fringe, and we're pretty sure that the double 'A' in 'Aaron' is only there so he appears at the top of alphabetical lists. 

Now, not content with his previous attempts, Barschak is now going to run as a candidate in the Brent East by-election.  The election is caused by the death of Labour MP Paul Daisley back in June, and the Comedy Terrorist is now one of 16 candidates in the running.  He has handed over a £500 deposit and registered himself as an independent candidate for the September 18 vote. 

We'll try to scale down the amount of reporting we do on this comedian from now on (we promise), unless he wins the election or becomes Prime Minister or something.