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Originally Posted by Osem
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The BBC's timescale in reporting this is not evidence of bias towards Labour. The original report was in the Sunday Times and it's clear that the BBC hasn't been able to verify it by talking to any sources of its own. All it would have been able to do is report exactly what the Sunday Times reported - effectively a 'single source' story, which the BBC has stated very publicly it does not do except in exceptional circumstances.
They are able to report it now because there is something verifiable in the public domain that can be said about it - namely the investigation by the Clerk of the House of Lords.