Just received a letter from John Mann threatening me with a libel action. Click on the graphic below to see it full size.

I don’t recall making any allegations, John, only asking for clarification and pointing to expenses claims on your own website and the Parliamentary website.

If you could point me in the direction of the offending untruth, I would be happy to rectify.

And as for calling you a ‘wanker’, I was just quoting your own statement in the Independent.

I note that you’re not disputing the rest of the content.

I know you’ve sent a number of this type of letter recently to anyone with the temerity to challenge the world according to Mann, but this blog will not be intimidated.

There’s a strange picture on John Mann’s website.

He appears to be making the handsign beloved of motorists throughout the country and reserved for someone who rhymes with banker.

Is he suggesting that if you pledge your vote, donate or volunteer, then you are someone deserving of the gesture?

Well, if he’s not suggesting it, we are.

EDIT: It seems Mann’s web people have seen the errror of their ways and after reading this article, they have replaced the picture. Shame. We liked the original, so we’ll leave it here for your amusement

John Mann writing about the Kelly report in the Indpendent on Wednesday opened the column with:

‘You w*****, you f****** w*****’, exploded one Tory MP to me today, ‘You do not speak for me.’ Indeed I do not.

That about sums it all up. Mr Mann only has his own interests at heart.