Ken is the thinking man's lager lout What would you like to do to Ken? Poke Ken  24.10%  Hug Ken  45.32%  Karate Chop Ken  30.58%  278 of you have done something to Ken.

• Has been smoking cigars long before the smoking ban was a twinkle in the state's eye
• Douglas Hurd described him as "[t]he kind of politician who will cross a road in order to get into a fight"
• Quote: "I shan't lose my paunch. I like my relaxed lifestyle. I like food. Because of my relaxed lifestyle I haven't suffered from the stress my colleagues do. I seem able to outlast them all!"
• Fan of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk and Stephane Grappelli

Other social networking services are available. Karate chopping should only be done as a metaphor and real-life violence against politicians is to be abhorred.

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