I for one am glad the gerbil has left, if you look like a 6ft gerbil you cannot command the respect of the Oldham public.
I once met Martin on a night out in Soho. I won't go into details suffice to say Victor Ubogu could barley walk afterwards. Martin is a big man with a big part, err sorry heart, but I thought that night he didn't have the head to be able to win people round and seems I was right.