I started adding two and two re Mann’s behaviour and got to what I think is four.

In his first stint in Westminster, he was troughing with the rest of them and was: (1) joint 2nd (out of 657 MPs) in 2001/2 for claiming expenses for staying away from home (2) 19th (out of 657) for overall expenses in 2001/2 (3) joint 1st (out of 657) for claiming expenses for both staying away from home and office running costs in 2002/3(4) 48th (out of 659) for claiming overall expenses in 2004/5 and (5) always in top 55 MPs for claiming expenses for stationary and postage between 2001 and 2009. (Thanks to M.R. for the information)

However, in recent years he has started trying to present himself as Mr Clean. Why?

Well, quite simply, he fancies a seat at the top table. He’s already started his campaign with a call for the removal of Gordon Brown, no doubt offering himself as a replacement. One of the more sycophantic Labour Blogs recently had a post suggesting the very same, with lots of sickening comments from Diddy Manns about how honest and upstanding their hero was.

This would explain why Mann gets apoplectic at any questions about his expenses claims as he is trying to bury any hint of previous misdemeanours.

And also why he wants this blog gone as his sins are laid out on Google for all to see.

If any Labour MPs have not seen this blog, I’ll be emailing all of them with a link over the next week or two, just in case they are entertaining any thoughts of John Mann as a potential candidate for stardom. A quick read of this should put them straight.