The Mail did not do the exposure the Mirror ran it.

Sky news did even less on it til now. I suppose channels like to get information verified first, shocking i know. They also did the same for tory mps.

It's called arrogance. Mind you in Vaz case it's near to if not NPD.

Except it isn't pro Labour.

Be fair they had far more important things to discuss

Like what Yvette Cooper thinks of Balls' appearance on Strictly, how many dances Balls can already do, when Corbyn offered Shakrabati her peerage, and what Shakrabati's title will be in the House of Lords.

Marr's fawning support of Labour is palpable. imo.

Then explain why a major scandal involving the chairman of the home affairs select committee. ( labour) was ignored in favour of a fluff piece about a former prominent politician (also labour) on a dance contest?

Didn't say the Mail exposed it, did I?

Now the story is out there, the Mail will probably use it to attack Corbyn.

If they'd broken the story, they would have run it as "Top CORBYN Ally, Closely allied With CORBYN In Gay Sex Hypocrisy Vileness While Closely Linked TO CORBYN (Did We Say The Degenerate Filth Beast Was A CORBYN Ally?)"

Probably terrified of getting into legal trouble and having the licence fee scrapped.

But they didn't break it did they?

Originally Posted by Radlestort
Didn't say the Mail exposed it, did I?

You seem confused so thought this would help

The Mail are also covering it. Given the problems they have with Trump's wife and the made up escort story. That's a sign that they've checked the facts on the Vaz story thoroughly. If there was any doubt. They wouldn't have run it. The BBC, on the other hand, are just covering for Labour as usual.

I wonder if they found the details of what happened really TMI? I know I did! Yuk!

Er ... Do you have a point?

Vaz always seemed to have a good coat of Teflon. He's survived the Hinduja & other affairs, and suspension from the HoC. But he's always been a staunch supporter of immigrant's rights, and was probably just researching the challenges and opportunities available to Eastern Europe migrants.

I see he's claiming it was a setup, but even if it was, he didn't need to fall for it. After all, the press has been after him for a long time.

Yes, you were speculating about imaginary headlines in a newspaper that did not break the Vaz story and trying to smear the Mail with imagined attacks on Corbyn rather than sticking to the facts of the matter.

The Daily Mail makes its money through clicks on its website. To a point, it doesn't matter if the news is true or not, they can always apologise and retract. If the story is going to generate clicks and thus revenue, out it goes ...

The BBC, on the other hand, gets its money through the licence fee and is possibly a bit too wary of reporting scandals involving MPs of any type as it could suffer consequences.

The real story is not how the Beeb takes a little bit longer to report a story, but why the commercial media probably sat on this for months. The Sun seem to have known about Vaz's insalubrious sex life for a while, but didn't reveal who it was. I suspect they all did, but kept it quiet for reasons of long term self interest.

The timing of the revelation on the day before Parliament re-convenes suggests a planned attack on him.

Er ..Yes, I made it clear I was speculating.

You seem a bit over-wrought. I suggest a lie down in a dark room.

Understand he's stood down as chair of the home affairs select committee.

I don't understand why he did this? Not very clever as an MP most people look up to him. It shows a lot of them are just in it for the money.

There must be more to this

There is

Also anyone who read his wiki entry would have already seen scandal after scandal mainly financial. He also appeared to guarantee amnesty to the three ISIS teenage girls from East London if they returned which was a deplorable message.

I think a lot of his public pronouncements are to keep his constituents in Leicester on-side.

Been waiting for years, knew this guy was up to "something". I knew it, finally the mask has slipped. Hope he does the decent thing and resigns, was sick of him appearing on TV constantly judging everything and everyone, how ironic.

Ever thought they have been requested to not run stories so as not to jeopardise any criminal case. This stuff in Mirror is a separate sting.