I'm not much of a fan of Jack Straw and yes, what he has done is wrong and if he wasn't retiring anyway, Labour should make him stand down. But the BBC have really done a number on him.
"I charge £5000..." I saw that bit a dozen or so times on the BBC before seeing Channel 4 news and the part where he says that he would not do it whilst standing as an MP. That's crucial. That shows that, whilst he's clearly looking to use his past positions of power to improve his already healthy finances, he is at least waiting until his is no longer an MP before he does so.
However, with their Tory editor and clear Tory bias, the BBC are looking for as many reasons to attack Labour as they can in the run up to the election and their selective editing has done just that.
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