Miliband jumps to Brown's defence again

Its always heart warming to see how David Miliband responds to the PM's travails with such heartwarming and unequivocal support:

Did he say something along the lines of "these allegations are a pathetic attempt to undermine the credibility of our wonderful PM"?

No. He said: "There is so much uncertainty about the allegations and whether they were made."

Sure Gordon is delighted to have you on his side, once again...

BBC bias over David Wright's tweet?

What is with the last two paragraphs of this BBC report on the David Wright twitter affair?

"Two recent graduates admitted last July that they had created a fake Twitter account for Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

They broke cover after several newspapers incorrectly reported that Mr Miliband posted a heartfelt tribute to Michael Jackson on his Twitter account following the pop star's death."

These statements are not put in any context, and so the implication is that this sort of online imitiation is what may well have happened in this instance. But that runs contrary to the facts, as the tweet was send from David Wright's genuine twitter account.

The fact is that his excuse - I was hacked and it wasn't me, guv - is extremely questionable. I don't think anyone with the barest knowledge of the facts and of how twitter works believes him. In light of which the BBC report seems sloppy at best and politically motivated at worst.