Lord Tony Greaves is huffing and puffing again demanding I apologise to the silent and invisible Afzal Anwar, the Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate for Pendle (Ladbrokes odds: 40 to 1).

Greaves is angry and upset because I tabled a Commons motion on 18 January stating that Anwar’s law firm was responsible for the conveyancing of Brierfield Mills.  As everyone now knows,  the Birmingham based disaster relief charity, Islamic Help, planned to turn the Grade II listed building into a 5,000 place boarding school for Muslim girls.

We know Anwar met a trustee of Islamic Help to discuss their plans. Apparently, Anwar hoped the site would accommodate a relocated Ghausia Girls’ School - the tiny, independent 57 pupil school in Cross Street, Nelson where he used to be a governor.

On the day I found out Anwar’s law firm was not involved in the conveyancing I withdrew my Commons motion and called the Charity Commission.

Throughout all this, not a peep from Afzal Anwar just a blast from his master’s voice.

Baron Greaves has since proclaimed that he stands “shoulder to shoulder in this matter” with Afzal Anwar.

Good on you!