Is this why Chris Bryant is so keen to control Britain's free press?

The MP for Rhondda Chris Bryant said last week on BBC Radio that he didn't think The Sun on Sunday would sell.

He said: "Last week NI said it was “draining the swamp”. What creature will come forth from the swamp that we would want to see on our streets?"

Ever wondered why Bryant is so keen to control and the press? Could it be because the press exposed his claim for £92,000 expenses in the five years leading up to 2009.

During that time he flipped his second-home expenses twice, claimed mortgage interest expenses that started at £7,800 per year before rising (after flipping) to £12,000 per year. He also claimed £6,400 in stamp duty and other fees on his most recent purchase, and £6,000 per year in service charges. A claim that he made for £58,493.26, almost three times the annual maximum, in 2004, was disallowed.

In 2003 he was ridiculed
when a picture (right) of him in his underpants that appeared on a gay dating website appeared in the papers.

And The Guardian lampooned him in 2006 when they published a spoof diary that led readers to think Bryant wrote himself. The newspaper later printed a clarification that the piece was a parody.

So maybe not the best person to take an objective view of the press?