Alan is having a bit of refuelling What would you like to do to Alan? Poke Alan  22.33%  Hug Alan  21.36%  Karate Chop Alan  56.31%  103 of you have done something to Alan.

• Went to school with the footballer Malcolm MacDonald
• Said the prospect of him in Number 10 was like "the idea of putting the Beagle on to Mars - a nice idea but doomed to failure"
• Talked of a "charm offensive" in education in which he supplied the charm and Charles Clarke supplied the offensive
• Alan's movie pick: Babette's Feast; Alan's TV pick: Shameless

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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