George Weiss
George Weiss
[Captain Rainbow]
Rainbow George Weiss (born 15 October 1940) son of a diamond merchant, is a fringe UK politician who stood in 13 constituencies at the 2005 General Election.
He founded his own parties from the proceeds of the sale of a house in Hampstead, North London which he moved into in 1969 but stopped paying rent in 1984; remaining there as a squatter. He made a profit of £710,000 on the sale of ... more »
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''Most idealistic people are skint. I have discovered that people with money have no imagination, and people with imagination have no money.''
Captain Rainbow [George Weiss] (b. 1940), British eccentric. Guardian (London, Nov. 3, 1984).
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