Politics
In May 2007, Van Day stood as a Conservative candidate for Brighton & Hove city council in the East Brighton ward but neither he or the other two Conservative candidates were successful in gaining a seat. He is a staunch supporter of the party and at the 2010 general election stated: "I was the panto villain in the jungle but Gordon Brown is far worse than I was."
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