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A Tory MP has issued an incredible grumpy letter complaining about being entered for the 'Didn't Happen of the Year Awards'.

Owen Paterson had a sense of humour failure on full-blown Commons headed notepaper after he was put forward for the Twitter contest about alleged made-up anecdotes.

Mr Paterson, a thumping Brexiteer, claimed "people come up to me on the Tube, on the trains, saying 'just get on with it!'" about Brexit .

But Labour MP Louise Haigh said no one talks to each other on public transport, and referenced the light-hearted contest.

That prompted a VERY grumpy reply from the Tory MP - who, just as the country is gripped by a Brexit crisis, wrote a full-blown letter on Commons headed notepaper and put it on Twitter.

(Image: @OwenPaterson/Twitter)

He published the letter at 7.36pm, moments before Theresa May gave a televised address to the nation.

Signed by hand in his sprawling script, it said: "On Monday, a man came up to me unprompted and encouraged me to continue on my public comments urging the government to deliver Brexit on time.

"I am surprised that you did not discuss the matter with me before publicising your stunt."

Saying he'd raised it in the Commons chamber, he added: "The gentleman in question even gave me his card."

Mr Paterson offered to show the card to shadow policing minister Ms Haigh privately without publishing the man's name.

But Ms Haigh was unrepentant.

(Image: PA)

"Dear Owen, You said people before, now it's one bloke?" she said.

And she harked back to an incredible spat in 2013 when Mr Paterson was Environment Secretary and claimed "badgers moved the goalposts" when marksmen failed to reach a cull target.

"Did you or the badgers move the goalposts this time?" she said.

"Shall we get back to trying to sort Brexit out now?"