A victory for civil liberties came last night in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election.

The representative of the United Kingdom at the 1962 Eurovision Song Contest with Say Wonderful Things, Ronnie Caroll contested David Davis's seat.

The pundits all thought, well BBC anyway, that he was going to get the lowest amount of votes for a candidate in a UK Parliament seat since 1982, but he managed to defy the critics and pick up an amazing.....TWENTY NINE VOTES.

God I love our country. Britain - the only country where a football mascot can be crowned mayor and a Eurovision rep can become and MP.

Aye, he did well. Most commentators are arguing that it was pointless because he had no competition - now whos fault is it that Labour bottled out.