John Mann is claiming credit for being the whistleblower on the MPs expenses scandal in a recent article in the Mail.

Oh, really?

I am sure that John Wick, the man behind the expose, will be interested to hear that he needn’t have bothered since Mr Mann was already on the case.

For the TRUTH about the whole sorry affair, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5370852/John-Wick-I-am-proud-to-have-exposed-expenses-scandal.html

John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw and purveyor of political fiction, has got himself a nice line of patter to confuse the voters.

First, he invents a scenario which is never going to happen (such as the building of 10,000 houses at Kilton Forest) then starts a high volume campaign against it.

When, inevitably, the scenario does not come to fruition, Mr Mann claims credit for campaigning against it and a victory due to his endeavours opposing the mythical project.

Does he think that Bassetlaw voters can’t see through this?

However, new house building is a worry for Mr Mann as several thousand new residents arriving in Bassetlaw with the wherewithall to purchase housing  may well dilute the traditional Labour vote, making his position as an MP decidedly dodgy come election time.

So consider his real motives when he challenges new residential properties.