Professional liar who libelled his own dead father, Dominic Carmen sums up what is worst about many journalists: a pathological liar who is unable to distinguish fact from reality and hatred from truth.

An insight into Mr Carmen’s mind can be found in the biography he penned about his late father, the famous QC George Carmen. In the book, titled No Ordinary Man, he described his father as a chain-smoking alcoholic with homosexual tendencies, who repeatedly beat all three of his wives.

In typical Dominic Carmen style, the only person who could counteract these slurs — his father — was dead. Mr Carmen made a nice little mint out of the ensuing scandal, obviously putting financial gain above the memory of his father.

In exactly the same way, Mr Carmen’s latest attack on the leader of the British National Party, Nick Griffin, is a concoction of hatred, lies, distortions and 2 percent of truth thrown in for good measure.

Mr Carmen’s vitriol includes a series of “quotes” from Mr Griffin, the vast majority of which are simply invented. Those that are accurate, are taken heavily out of context — but little more is to be expected from a man who makes money out of slandering his own father.

Not only is Mr Carmen a liar, but he is also an incompetent journalist even when it comes to the most basic non-political facts.

According to one of his scribblings, he was given rhubarb pie at the Griffin residence while supposedly interviewing the BNP leader. Yet Mrs Griffin is actually allergic to rhubarb, and that foodstuff never enters the Griffin household as a result.

“These and many other blatantly factual errors show that Mr Carman is incapable of even the most basic journalistic ability,” Mr Griffin told BNP News.

“His latest attack is full of the most outrageous lies and distortions which are not even worth commenting on in detail,” Mr Griffin said. “The fact that a daily newspaper sees fit to reprint his pathological lies is another serious issue, which might yet be a matter for legal proceedings.”