Playing upon the stereotype of the indigenous population of London being fantasists, Wanker often buys a car, sells it back to the same person for the same amount of money, then declares the transaction to have been "A nice little earner!"
He wears cheap gold jewellery or Argos bling and 'Laahndan' gangster dark glasses, and is often seen smoking a cigar.
He is established as a royalist, especially supportive of the Queen Mother, spouting received wisdom such as "Ninety Free she is.
Wanker's appearance is based on a combination of a stereotypical London taxi driver and Mike Reid's[1] character Frank Butcher from EastEnders.
Other characters in the strip closely resemble EastEnders characters, e.g. Shirl, his long suffering and battered wife (Kathy Beale) and Lou, Shirl's fearsome old-school East End mother (Lou Beale).