Here's to you Gordon!

If I were a Labour candidate who had just been told I had lost my deposit at a by-election and was likely to come behind the Greens (they didn't know they would also be behind the BNP at that stage), I wouldn't be photographed sitting in the corner of the count laughing and drinking toasts. But then, I'm not the 'almost heroically useless' Richard McKenzie.

Pics: A laugh; a toast; a naughty finger from the agent; a smug grin when you hear you've come fifth.

The 'useless' quote comes from Anne Treneman's sketch in the Times.