Not a fan of his at all but he had more influence on political outcome than the Weatherspoon's guy and indeed a lot more than most of the faceless politicians we elect into Parliament.
He is a very skilful politician i.e. he strongly influenced decisions about who gets what. He is much above Yaxley-Lennon and that's what makes him very dangerous with his manipulation of the 'i am just a normal bloke down the pub' image and now this further step to 'normalisation' by grabbing...