South London born and raised, Martin suffers everything that the city, the suburbs and beyond can throw at him, clashing with council officials and parking wardens, policemen and shop managers, the family and mere passers-by, but he's the stuff of their nightmares for when the system conspires against him, his hackles raise and he growls simply: "I ain't 'aving that!"
He'll fight his own case through the courts, start a picket line or raise a petition where needed, and spend hours writing letters or on the phone. But, whatever, he'll never be fobbed off.