HER husband's name had to be removed from the list after proving the overwhelming favourite - so instead Cherie Blair was chosen by the public as the person they'd like to be kicked out of Britain.

And she even beat Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri, the militant Moslem cleric and al-Qa'eda fundraiser, into second place.

But the man who has hounded both - Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre - received enough votes of his own to put him in third place.

The poll was conducted by for Radio Four's Today, and received more than 15,000 votes between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve.

Prince Charles came in at fourth place and disgraced Tory peer Jeffery Archer, who spent the New Year in jail, was fifth.

But who would YOU kick out of Britain, given the chance? The Argus asked some shoppers in Cwmbran for their views.

Bernard Harris, 68, of Pontnewydd, didn't agree with the popular vote. He said: "I wouldn't want to kick Cherie Blair out of the country. I think the newspapers have been getting a bit beyond their means with her.

"But there's not one person I could pick out to go straight away."

Laura Burton-Legge, 22, of Pontypool, said: "I don't care about Cherie Blair - that doesn't bother me at all.

"I'd throw out Charlie Dimmock (pictured) from Ground Force. I can't stand her. She's always over everybody and she kept telling everyone what to do."

Muriel Johns, 52, of Pontypool, had a choice likely to be even less popular with British men. She said: "I'd say Kylie - send her back.

"She's filling up the space in the charts that we could have our own pop stars in. And she makes me feel fat. Send her back."

Russell Ryder, 73, of Pontnewydd, said: "I'd go for Tony Blair. I don't think he's a Labour man. He doesn't know the working man's way - he's all smiles and nothing behind it. "I've been a Labour voter all my life but I'll never go back to them again."

Vicky Rosser, 18, of Pontypool, agreed: "I'd say Tony Blair, and Michael Barrymore because of everything he's done.

"And also Will Young, because I don't like him. It's the way he comes across as really false."

And Audrey Pring, 68, of Llanyravon, had a nomination for someone she didn't want to be allowed into the country. She said: "I'd ban Eminem. I think he's repulsive.

"My granddaughter's got his CDs and they're terrible. It's the language he uses. I think he's a bad influence.

"I understand there are things in his past which have made him like that but we've all had problems and we don't behave like that."