MIKE GETS AN APOLOGY

Former National talksport radio presenter Mike Mendoza has received a full apology from Green Councillor Ben Duncan after Duncan recently libelled Mendoza in his 'Green Blog'.
Duncan thought that Mike Mendoza was going to stand in the recent Goldsmid by election for UKIP, so went to town in his blog accusing Mike of being a 'nasty homophobe'.
"Nothing could be further from the truth", says Mike, "I have been involved in Pride in the past, assisted and fronted the launch of the Alternative Pantomime, I have also appeared on stage at Legends in Brighton.
I was amazed when Duncan's Blog was brought to my attention. I did not hesitate in taking legal advice and was prepared to go to the High Court to prove that his comments were totally incorrect. I managed to get over 100 prominent gay people to stand up for me in court and declare that (A) I am not a 'Nasty' person and (B) I am far from being a homophobe." Mike went on to say "I would not hesitate in taking the same action again if anyone repeated the libel. I am shocked that it appears that the Green Party had no real issues to fight an election on, so decided to attack an individual. I am happy that Mr Duncan has printed his retraction, removed his original comments and realises that he lied about me. I think he may have been surprised by the support from the Gay Community that I received, including some very prominent Politicians and Show Business personalities who were prepared to stand up in court in MY defence. What amazed me even more was that the Greens thought that i was standing in the Goldsmid By Election without checking the candidate list!

FROM BEN DUNCANS BLOG SITE:
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Mike Mendoza
“In an earlier blog I made comments about Radio Presenter and UKIP PPC for Hove MIKE MENDOZA. I have since discovered that my comments were ill founded and totally incorrect and take this opportunity to unreservedly apologise for any distress my comments may have caused Mr Mendoza. I have withdrawn the previous comments from my blog and assure Mr Mendoza that they will never be repeated by me.”
Posted by Ben Duncan at 10:09 AM