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Jul 2023
6:11am, 11 Jul 2023
22,458 posts
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richmac
No further investigation into Johnsons cronies who tried to discredit the report into him.
Its a disappointment to me obvs, but let's hope their cards are now firmly marked causing a winding in of necks.
The whole latest BBC scandal thing. Clearly awful abuse of position/power as presented in the Sun, and makes the BBC's pile on to ITV over Schofield look hypocritical, but is it a weapon of mass distraction? Or does it stink is some awful person or persons looking for a payday?
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Jul 2023
6:25am, 11 Jul 2023
13,479 posts
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Dave W
Could be any of the above given what we know at the moment. Bit of a sorry situation whichever way it ends up.
Does make me smile in an ironic sort of way, though, when politicians tell other people to get their houses in order.
"Physician, heal thyself" comes immediately to mind. Or "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is another good one.
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Jul 2023
7:27am, 11 Jul 2023
22,461 posts
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richmac
Absolutely they're the last lot who should be piling in. Which, if they think about it says lots about the nation.
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Jul 2023
8:56am, 11 Jul 2023
2,957 posts
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paulcook
56 conservative MPs have been under investigation for sexual misconduct. One currently on bail for rape and will so far stand at the next GE.
Those in glass houses …
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Jul 2023
11:56am, 11 Jul 2023
22,463 posts
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richmac
Sunak is shocked and concerned at BBC allegations, the man who didn't bother to turn up to vote on Johnsons lying.
& As Paul says 56 Tory MP's in scandals, wait till Sunak realises who the PM is!
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Jul 2023
12:10pm, 11 Jul 2023
30,577 posts
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Johnny Blaze
I'm getting a bit of a Shannon Matthews vibe about this BBC thing.
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Jul 2023
12:29pm, 11 Jul 2023
21,493 posts
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larkim
Suspect it's not quite that, but almost certainly this is consensual behaviour between the (albeit young) adult and the BBC person that may or may not be cooercive / inappropriate, but that the parents are very unhappy about / sense of family disunity. There may be an intent to earn some cash out of it, but most of me is unwilling to paint them as being mercenary just yet. It's not impossible though.
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Jul 2023
12:50pm, 11 Jul 2023
30,578 posts
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Johnny Blaze
The reluctance to name the presenter suggests a certain lack of evidence.
I am going to make a short trip to St Bridget’s and offer up a prayer that God uses this fiasco to smite the Scum once and for all.
Old Rupert’s having a rubbish year but it can still get worse.
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Jul 2023
1:00pm, 11 Jul 2023
27,086 posts
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Dvorak
People do strange stuff and sometimes it's not good. But on balance, I think that if they are working in TV it's much less bad than if they are running the country. Also, it's a news item, but not the most important thing currently happening in the world.
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Jul 2023
1:06pm, 11 Jul 2023
20,587 posts
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rf_fozzy
"The reluctance to name the presenter suggests a certain lack of evidence."
If they named them, they'd be in real legal trouble. They'd be open to action from the named individual - they have a reasonable right to privacy.
This follows from legal judgements in the Cliff Richards case (and another) apparently.
The BBC have been reporting this since the story came out.
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