”Staines is a convicted criminal, a bankrupt and has links to extreme right wing organisations.

Not an ad hominem attack.

It is a statement of fact, neither positive or negative.”

Absolutely spot on Dave, it’s all set out here, in all its gory detail. Even his inability to stick to his ‘Business Information Studies’ degree course at Hull College of Higher Education (now part of the University of Lincoln) which he abandoned part-way through.

Not exactly a glowing bio, is it?