Although the self-styled comedian Aaron Barschak is about as funny as running over small kittens with a tank; he is (technically) a comedian, and as such we probably should cover his exploits within our pages.

As you may have read, Barschak had run as an independant candidate in the Brent East by-election.  As predicted, his performance was not quite a "landslide victory", obtaining just 37 votes.  His 37 votes put him 1,081 votes behind the winning Liberal Democrat candidate Sarah Teather, although admittedly he was a serious threat to Labour's effort.  Barschak has said he was "pleased" with his 37 votes.

Other mirthical candidates of note in the by-election include the Monster Raving Loony Party's Alan Hope, who picked up 59 votes.