A local web site stands accused of stealing users details without their knowledge. One Evening Post reporter complained: "Disappointed by the low number of press releases from Reading Borough Council this month, I paid muckspReading a visit. Imagine my surprise when shortly after visiting it the owner of the site emailed one of my colleagues with my inside leg measurements, what I'd had for breakfast and how I'd voted on Celebrity Strictly Come Dancing."

Mr. Swaine, who has recently been helping the Thames Valley Police with their enquiries, was unrepentant. "Snooping on visitors is the one thing that keeps me going. People will never find the google search results page on this site. Although it's been there since day one, no one knows about it, cunningly hidden in the menu system as it is."

Fellow Liberal Democrat, Gareth Epps, told us: "I take issue with the inaccurate reporting about Mr. Swaine. 'Lib Dem Activist' my arse! That lazy bastard keeps sneaking off to football and is about as active as Britney Spears' babysitter."