The Mighty Whinger
by Graham Davies

I once met Alan Duncan at a drinks party in 2004. He was part of a group of 4 people that I joined. I had been speaking for approximately 5 seconds when his eyes glazed over. He then turned on his heels and walked away. It was quite clear to the rest of us that he had immediately worked out that I wasn't important enough for him to pretend to be interested in.

This level of presentational ruthlessness has got to him to where he is today. Which is...well, nowhere really.

He scored a marvellous own goal recently when he publicly criticised Jaqui Smith's expenses only a few days before he was forced to pay back £4000 himself.

He certainly has a distinctive Presentational Brand. What he lacks in size, he makes up for in sheer bitterness. So when he complains that he and his colleagues are being "treated like shit", there are many people who think And quite right too!