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When is the BBC going to square up to Huw Edwards?

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 11:42

I gather HW is still in hiding in some convenient private facility whilst he waits for the BBC and the public to forgive and forget. I hope this is not going to happen and I would like to know how much longer the taxpayer-funded state broadcaster is going to keep the guy on full salary, yet suspended from duty. For me this is a matter of public concern.

I have no interest in whether HW has committed criminal acts - I rather suspect he is far too buttoned-up to do anything other than look - but he is suspended pending an investigation into behaviour incompatible with his position and that has brought his employer into disrepute. The BBC seem to be locked in limbo on this one but it needs an end.

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teddyandgypsy · 31/07/2024 12:44

He has pleased guilty. I rest my case. Pity so many of you were taken in by his pomposity and hypocrisy

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Yerroblemom1923 · 31/07/2024 09:21

He's in court today.

Iwasafool · 20/09/2023 13:28

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 21:21

Never mentioned rape. Not once.

Clearly this forum has different values to my own. I can quite see why RB has so successfully operated as a Grade 1 sleazebag in this climate. Over and out.

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Don't be disingenuous. You said, "reporting on problems of a similar nature" so I say again there is nothing similar about looking at naked photographs and raping women.

Do your values include being honest about what you have said?

MuckyPlucky · 20/09/2023 13:07

Hahaha, OP, you’re priceless! 🤣

BIossomtoes · 19/09/2023 23:13

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:59

Thanks for your honesty. I can't agree. Using his best sepulchral tones to convey the gravity of the death of our much-loved Queen, before adjourning to sex messaging somebody's young son or daughter? Not for me, I'm afraid.

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He did an absolutely superb job when the Queen died. Nobody could have done it better. I want people who are good at their job at such a momentous time. You’re very insistent about his guilt despite the alleged victim’s insistence that nothing happened. Odd that the family who made the allegations have suddenly gone quiet, don’t you think?

Just4ThisThread · 19/09/2023 23:10

IMO - The Queen was lucky to have had anybody reporting after the little payment made for her son.
Same goes for the King re his support of his brother.
We pay for them from public funds, but yeah, carry on.

sleepwouldbenice · 19/09/2023 23:01

Whataretheodds · 19/09/2023 11:57

how much longer the taxpayer-funded state broadcaster is going to keep the guy on full salary, yet suspended from duty.
Depends what their sickness/disciplinary policy and contract of employment says. How do you know he's still on full salary?

Why do they need to square up to him? Don't they need to investigate any new allegations and deal with them accordingly if he is found to have breached his contract? If there's not grounds for dismissal then they cannot legally dismiss him.

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AGoodDayForSomebodyElseToDie · 19/09/2023 21:49

By mentioning the Russel Brand case, you are mentioning rape. That’s literally what he has been accused of.

You’re suggesting that a bloke who looks at consensually shared explicit images is somehow unsuitable to cover a news story about a (alleged) rapist. Do you really think these “crimes” are equivalent? Because that is what your comments on this thread would suggest.

Before you question other people’s morals, I’d have a good long look at your own.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 21:21

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 21:08

There is nothing similar about looking at naked photographs and raping women. I think that is a very strange thing to say and frankly very dismissing of rape and the women who have been subjected to it.

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Never mentioned rape. Not once.

Clearly this forum has different values to my own. I can quite see why RB has so successfully operated as a Grade 1 sleazebag in this climate. Over and out.

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luckylavender · 19/09/2023 21:08

@teddyandgypsy - your hysteria is ridiculous. And you clearly have an agenda, mentioning the 'odious Lineker'. Maybe you should try GB News, sounds more up your street. Just don't watch Dan Wootton.

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 21:08

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:56

If you can't see that it is impossible to have 62 year old bloke who buys sexual images from youngsters reporting on problems of a similar nature in another high profile figure, then I cant possibly explain.

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There is nothing similar about looking at naked photographs and raping women. I think that is a very strange thing to say and frankly very dismissing of rape and the women who have been subjected to it.

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 21:06

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:59

Thanks for your honesty. I can't agree. Using his best sepulchral tones to convey the gravity of the death of our much-loved Queen, before adjourning to sex messaging somebody's young son or daughter? Not for me, I'm afraid.

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Why waste your time thinking about other people's sex lives or preferences. Should anyone who announces the death of the late Queen be asexual or is there a list of things that are suitable for them to have indulged in? Is sex in the missionary position the gold standard? I think it is a bit bizarre to be dwelling on what goes on in someone else's head or bedroom.

luckylavender · 19/09/2023 21:04

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 19:31

Some extraordinary responses that, more than anything else, illuminate how it is that RB flourished for so long. Britain's top broadcaster paid from public funds spending his time soliciting sleazy images from those many years younger than him, and people think its fine. Reporting on and possibly interviewing those involved in sex scandals on behalf of the public - not a problem, apparently, just something to fit in between covering the King's coronation. Britain is lost.

How many times, he's not paid from public funds. His salary comes from the licence fee, so individuals who pay the licence fee. That's not the same as public funds.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:59

Alstroemeria123 · 19/09/2023 20:57

Yes, I am saying that. Provided it’s legal, I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business, other than those directly involved. He’s a newsreader, not anyone making big, important decisions about the country.

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Thanks for your honesty. I can't agree. Using his best sepulchral tones to convey the gravity of the death of our much-loved Queen, before adjourning to sex messaging somebody's young son or daughter? Not for me, I'm afraid.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:58

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 18:10

It really shouldn't be. Once he's paid it is up to him how he spends his money. Are you just jealous because he's paid more than you?

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This comment is so daft I can't respond.

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Alstroemeria123 · 19/09/2023 20:57

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:55

Look, that is just silly. Let me turn it back on you - are you seriously saying that whatever a BBC presenter does in his private life is perfectly alright? I'm sure you aren't saying that anymore than I am saying no to privacy. But surely you can see that with high office comes responsibility. He is the most high profile BBC presenter and (apart from the odious Lineker) the highest paid. He speaks for the nation when he presents events of national significance such as the Queen's funeral and the King's coronation. He interviews national leaders and reports on events of importance. We are surely entitled to expect some degree of probity in such people?

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Yes, I am saying that. Provided it’s legal, I don’t think it’s anyone else’s business, other than those directly involved. He’s a newsreader, not anyone making big, important decisions about the country.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:56

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 18:12

Yes. What has RB being accused of rape got to do with HE?

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If you can't see that it is impossible to have 62 year old bloke who buys sexual images from youngsters reporting on problems of a similar nature in another high profile figure, then I cant possibly explain.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 20:55

Alstroemeria123 · 19/09/2023 20:28

I don’t condone Huw Edwards’ behaviour, but are you seriously implying that no one working in the public sector is entitled to a private life?

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Look, that is just silly. Let me turn it back on you - are you seriously saying that whatever a BBC presenter does in his private life is perfectly alright? I'm sure you aren't saying that anymore than I am saying no to privacy. But surely you can see that with high office comes responsibility. He is the most high profile BBC presenter and (apart from the odious Lineker) the highest paid. He speaks for the nation when he presents events of national significance such as the Queen's funeral and the King's coronation. He interviews national leaders and reports on events of importance. We are surely entitled to expect some degree of probity in such people?

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Alstroemeria123 · 19/09/2023 20:28

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 16:28

Unfortunately, a public figure paid from the public purse paying for salacious pictures from young people is a public matter.

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I don’t condone Huw Edwards’ behaviour, but are you seriously implying that no one working in the public sector is entitled to a private life?

IClaudine · 19/09/2023 19:46

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 19:31

Some extraordinary responses that, more than anything else, illuminate how it is that RB flourished for so long. Britain's top broadcaster paid from public funds spending his time soliciting sleazy images from those many years younger than him, and people think its fine. Reporting on and possibly interviewing those involved in sex scandals on behalf of the public - not a problem, apparently, just something to fit in between covering the King's coronation. Britain is lost.

Who has said it is fine? Please quote whoever it was.

IClaudine · 19/09/2023 19:45

LakeTiticaca · 19/09/2023 17:35

Awful lot of women on here giving support to naughty old Huwy 😕
Would they be so charitable if it was their teenage son/daughter exposing their genitalia to fund their crack cocaine habit?
Nah didn't think so 😉

No one has supported him in what he's done. And of course anyone would be furious if it was their offspring involved. But he has committed no crime.

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teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 19:31

Some extraordinary responses that, more than anything else, illuminate how it is that RB flourished for so long. Britain's top broadcaster paid from public funds spending his time soliciting sleazy images from those many years younger than him, and people think its fine. Reporting on and possibly interviewing those involved in sex scandals on behalf of the public - not a problem, apparently, just something to fit in between covering the King's coronation. Britain is lost.

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Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 18:12

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 16:24

If he was still in place, we could have the surreal situation of him reporting on the RB situation. Anybody still think his position is tenable?

Yes. What has RB being accused of rape got to do with HE?

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 18:10

teddyandgypsy · 19/09/2023 16:28

Unfortunately, a public figure paid from the public purse paying for salacious pictures from young people is a public matter.

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It really shouldn't be. Once he's paid it is up to him how he spends his money. Are you just jealous because he's paid more than you?

Iwasafool · 19/09/2023 18:09

LakeTiticaca · 19/09/2023 17:35

Awful lot of women on here giving support to naughty old Huwy 😕
Would they be so charitable if it was their teenage son/daughter exposing their genitalia to fund their crack cocaine habit?
Nah didn't think so 😉

Not his fault what the teenager spends his money on. The teenager was an adult not a child.