The Monbiot reference is far from unnecessary when it makes the following statement His Ukip CV adds more details to Baron Monckhausen s wonderful claim to have invented the universal cure Patients have been cured of various infectious diseases including Graves Disease multiple sclerosis influenza and herpes simplex VI But what happened to the other diseases When he joined UKIP in December he claimed that Patients have been cured of various infectious diseases including Graves disease multiple sclerosis influenza food poisoning and HIV This highlights the ongoing revisionist Biography of Monckton whereby claims are made only to be retracted or amended That since Monbiot published his article Monckton has further amended his biography would serve to highlight why we require Monbiots citation for the previous claims of the man Similarly his biography over at the SPPI is of note and it would be of equal note if a 3rd party was to directly reference it in the published media should he choose to remove in the future his claim to be a Nobel Laureate