A sign of recognition, a request for help, an indication that the interviewer needs to back off?

On Channel 4 News this evening Gary Gibbon interviewed Labour's Jack Straw about the cash-for-access scandal:  http://www.channel4.com/news/catch-up/

When Gary Gibbon asked Jack Straw (6.26 on the film) about his prospects of going into the House of Lords he made a sign that had absolutely no relevance to the subject he was discussing.

Was this just a casual and accidental movement of his hand?

Or was it a sign of recognition, a request for help, an indication that the interviewer needs to back off?

I do not believe in the "illuminati" or any of that rubbish.

I do think old-boys networks operate in Masonic Lodges and their "brotherhood" is extended to helping each other out.

Is it possible that Gary Gibbon is a mason?  Presumably not as the interview was broadcast.  But perhaps Jack Straw was using the Channel 4 News broadcast to make a wider appeal for help from whomever was watching? 

I would like to see a woman interviewer ask Jack Straw tough questions about his prospects in the House of Lords.

And there is this:  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2009/nov/05/jack-straw-judges-masons

And is it not interesting to look at Twitter and see how many people are now saying Dispatches was no big deal - make a note of the names please and perhaps we can try a masonic "taught to be cautious" sting.