It's a good question

“This is an absolute double standard. I was convicted of false accounting but I never forged documents as Denis has. Why has he not been prosecuted when we were?”

That's Eric Illsley, the former Barnsley MP, as quoted by the Sunday Times. He received a 12-month prison sentence for false accounting. He has called on the police and the CPS to pursue Denis MacShane following his resignation as an MP.

How is not correct?

BBC coy over MPs party allegiance; why?

The BBC report on Eric Illsley's court proceedings without once mentioning what political party he is an MP for. The headline is 'Barnsley MP Eric Illsley bailed over expenses claims' and the BBC report runs thus:

'An MP has appeared in court accused of dishonestly claiming more than £25,000 in expenses.

Eric Illsley faces three charges of false accounting relating to three years of expenses claimed on his second home in London.

The Barnsley Central MP, who sits as an independent, gave a not guilty plea indication at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

He was granted bail and the case was committed to Southwark Crown Court.

A plea and case management hearing will be held at the court on 22 July.

Mr Illsley is accused of dishonestly claiming expenses for council tax, service and maintenance, repairs and insurance, utilities and communications at his second home in Renfrew Road, Kennington, south London, between May 2005 and April 2008. '

Why no mention of the Labour party, I am sure that a Conservative MP then the headline would include the word 'Conservative' or 'Tory' and their party allegiance would also be prominently mentioned in the article as well. The BBC are regularly guilty of this partticular type of bias. It must be stopped.