Is this a deliberate plan, do you want to try and create a Conservative Party that puts behind it the reputationof being extreme and right wing and that you're on a moderation course at the moment, to get across that you're sensible, reasonable and a credible future government?
Mann has every right to use the courts to protect his reputation, of course, but I do think he might heed the example of Oscar Wilde before he does so.
But with 14% of the stock, the chairman's position and a reputation for selling out when the price is right for him, Icahn isn't the perfect ally of small shareholders either.
You have to acquire a reputation as a person who produces just the right amount of money that people want, in particular money that does not depreciate and retains its exchange value.
Having beaten Andy Murray en route to his first Grand Slam semi-final at this year's French Open and now overcome arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, the 6ft 5ins right-hander is building quite some reputation.