and those adjectives are used to describe him already it should give people a sense, that he can be hotheaded. >> reporter: that passion fueling a series of letters. the so-called black spider memos sent to senior government officials in the early 2000 with policy demands and key issues like the iraq war. a movement seen by many as drifting into politics. breaking with royal protocol. >> the black spider came from the reference to his handwriting. he would get it tight and he couldn't resist scribbling all sorts of points in it. when he was taxed on this he would say rather defiantly, this is what ordinary people said to me so i'm passing it on to you politicians, who should know about it. >> the man is legitimately a workaholic and has a deep philosophical profound belief in work.