RIP: Mike Dickin He was also known for catchphrases such as "My health is not in question" (his usual reply to the polite inquiry "How are you?"). Another was the gnomic: "If you were constipated, you'd be speechless."
But he generally disliked it when callers agreed with him. If they also happened to be female he might conclude the conversation with the insultingly suggestive: "I've got to go: I'm beginning to enjoy myself."
When one caller rang to suggest that Dickin and the Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn "put your heads together and form a political party we can bloody vote for", Dickin revealed that they had considered the idea and that the suggested name was "Littledick". Mike Dickin
Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 21/12/2006Mike Dickin, who died on Monday aged 63, was the robustly outspoken host of a popular three-hour weekend phone-in show on the Talksport radio station.
Affectionately known as "The King" by his fans, because of a supposed resemblance to King Henry VIII, Dickin was more generally known as "Britain's angriest man" on account of his come-off-it-you-bleeding-heart-liberals views on everything from asylum seekers to traffic wardens.
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