BBC report only the stories that they want to report

Guido Fawkes here http://order-order.com/2014/04/10/he-lied-and-lied-and-lied-2/ has the latest on Labour's Jim Devine:

'Jailed expenses crook Jim Devine has been ordered to pay his former office manager £18,000 in damages after a judge ruled that he had defamed her to cover up his own criminality. Marion Kinley alleged Devine had “stated I’d stolen significant sums of money while office manager and the reason I did this was because I had a serious gambling problem”. The judge agreed “that when he made these statement he knew them not to be true and that they were made maliciously” and that Devine’s evidence was “incredible” and “implausible”. This is one Jim won’t be able to charge to the taxpayer... '

The BBC don't seem to have any room on their mobile news site front page or politics page for this news, I wonder why... I'm sure if he was a Conservative MP they'd find the space.

Couldn't happen a nicer guy

Former Labour MP, Jim Devine, has been formally declared bankrupt following a hearing at Livingston Sheriff Court. Jim Devine is also awaiting sentencing after being convicted of defrauding the taxpayer.

No comment I just thought we could all do with some cheering up.

This man was an MP!

If Jim Devine can't stand up to the gentle enquiries of Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy then I doubt he'll look that good in court when facing a decent barrister.

Jim Devine does not seem, how can I put this, the sharpest pencil in the box. Maybe it is time for all prospective MPs to sit an IQ test or similar. The trouble with many MPs for safe seats is that their abilities are less important than their being able to wear the right coloured rosette and follow the whips instructions as to what lobby to troop into and vote.

So who was the Labour Whip who gave Jim Devine the advice? Why won't Jim Devine name him?
These are the current Government whips: Nick Brown, Tommy McAvoy, John Spellar, Helen Jones, David Watts, Frank Roy, Steve McCabe, Tony Cunningham and Bob Blizzard. Just in case it was an assistant Whip and not a Whip (and Jim Devine couldn't tell the difference) these are the Labour assistant whips: Diana Johnson, Mark Tami, Dawn Butler, John Heppell, Lynne Brown, Sharon Hodgson, Mary Creagh, David Wright and Kerry McCarthy. I believe that Jim Devine said it was a male Whip so let's start asking questions of: Nick Brown, Tommy McAvoy, John Spellar, David Watts, Frank Roy, Steve McCabe, Tony Cunningham, Bob Blizzard, Mark Tami, John Heppell and David Wright.

Maybe someone should explain to Jim Devine the difference between a budget and an expense claim.

Meanwhile I note that "Keir Simmons, ITV News' Crime Correspondent, is reporting that none of these MPs were arrested, fingerprinted or had to give DNA samples. One law for them..."


Thanks to Guido Fawkes for the video spot.