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Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?

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broomers · 08/07/2023 10:46

I don't have twitter and haven't seen any theories as to who it is, I'm presuming a man due to the figure outline being used in the press:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66140356.amp

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yipeeyiyay · 09/07/2023 20:11

broomers · 09/07/2023 20:09

@yipeeyiyay has their name been mentioned on this thread yet?

I've lost track of who has been mentioned

Thebigblueballoon · 09/07/2023 20:13

broomers · 09/07/2023 20:09

@yipeeyiyay has their name been mentioned on this thread yet?

If it’s the name being bandied around on Twitter, it was mentioned yesterday and deleted a couple of minutes later.

Twonewcats · 09/07/2023 20:14

broomers · 09/07/2023 20:09

@yipeeyiyay has their name been mentioned on this thread yet?

Not sure either. But have a think about a newsreader who's been the anchor inthe HUGE stories over the past couple of years.

Willmafrockfit · 09/07/2023 20:15

trending on twitter

dovedupsoap · 09/07/2023 20:26

Haven't got the foggiest even with all the clues 🕵️‍♀️

A303 · 09/07/2023 20:30

dovedupsoap · 09/07/2023 20:26

Haven't got the foggiest even with all the clues 🕵️‍♀️

@Twonewcats two posts above yours has just told you.

dovedupsoap · 09/07/2023 20:36

@A303

It could be a few possibilities then, also I rarely watch the news unless hubby switches it on so...

Apparently it's a household name? Or would you only know this person if you watch certain programmes?

Pansypotter123 · 09/07/2023 20:43

I know! I know!

Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?
Gagaandgag · 09/07/2023 20:59

Pansypotter123 · 09/07/2023 20:43

I know! I know!

If that is true, I will be very upset

ummWTH · 09/07/2023 21:00

Come on Pansy the poor blokes not been named yet..at least allow him a little privacy until it's confirmed either way 😱

Who do you think is the BBC presenter who has been suspended?
Pansypotter123 · 09/07/2023 21:02

ummWTH · 09/07/2023 21:00

Come on Pansy the poor blokes not been named yet..at least allow him a little privacy until it's confirmed either way 😱

Indeed. My bad! 😂😂😂😂

ArcticSkewer · 09/07/2023 21:20

dovedupsoap · 09/07/2023 20:36

@A303

It could be a few possibilities then, also I rarely watch the news unless hubby switches it on so...

Apparently it's a household name? Or would you only know this person if you watch certain programmes?

Go and look at the post again

LadyTemperance · 09/07/2023 21:20

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Inkanta · 09/07/2023 21:22

I think it's Pugh.

LadyTemperance · 09/07/2023 21:24

It’s not Huw then?

dovedupsoap · 09/07/2023 21:27

@ArcticSkewer

Surely It can't be him, I can't really say what I wanted to say as it would be outing of him but wow if it is!

MinimalistMe · 09/07/2023 21:29

It's definitely him

Pansypotter123 · 09/07/2023 21:29

@LadyTemperance I couldn't possibly comment 🤫 My lips are sealed as I would hate for this thread to be pulled for something I had said! 🤫 🤔

justasking111 · 09/07/2023 21:42

yipeeyiyay · 09/07/2023 19:48

Been told by a table full of very credible journos. Nothing I can say other than I am shocked. Truly shocked. I thought he was one of the decent ones

You might think differently if you lived where I do

CurlewKate · 09/07/2023 21:51

If it's him I'm really disappointed. I wanted it to be someone I cared about so I could be proper horrified.

HairyToity · 09/07/2023 21:52

If it is the Welsh one, it will very soon become obvious, he is always on the telly.

BishopRock · 09/07/2023 22:35

Since Rolf Harris, I can no longer be surprised at anyone tbh.

A blow to the BBC if it is the person who's resided over those big stories, oh dear...

MissTrip82 · 09/07/2023 23:20

Quveas · 08/07/2023 12:47

They haven't. It is quite right and proper to investigate allegations of this sort, whoever the employer is; and also quite right and proper to maintain confidentiality until they have concluded their work.

It was, according to reports, the parents of the teenager who decided to go to the Sun newspaper, which is, of course, the way that any concerned parent would flag up such allegations, rather than go to the police or anyone in an official capacity. I am sure they will be making no money or anything out of going to the worst of the gutter press to expose their concerens about their child's alleged exploitation. It's what any parent would do. True or not.

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What a disgusting post.

And yet entirely unsurprising.

Always, always when allegations of this nature are made there’s a core group of revolting individuals who immediately cast aspersions on the victim and their supporters. Utterly predictable and entirely loathsome behaviour. Strangely, it occurs only with allegations of sexual offences against women and children.

And if you don’t know why some people don’t go to the police, you can’t think of a single reason, you’ve surely been unconscious for the past 30 years.

The police should certainly be involved. The BBC should have gone straight to the police when they received allegations of this nature. The BBC is simply not equipped, nor is it the appropriate body, to investigate this.

Twonewcats · 09/07/2023 23:23

MissTrip82 · 09/07/2023 23:20

What a disgusting post.

And yet entirely unsurprising.

Always, always when allegations of this nature are made there’s a core group of revolting individuals who immediately cast aspersions on the victim and their supporters. Utterly predictable and entirely loathsome behaviour. Strangely, it occurs only with allegations of sexual offences against women and children.

And if you don’t know why some people don’t go to the police, you can’t think of a single reason, you’ve surely been unconscious for the past 30 years.

The police should certainly be involved. The BBC should have gone straight to the police when they received allegations of this nature. The BBC is simply not equipped, nor is it the appropriate body, to investigate this.

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The police ARE involved

justasking111 · 09/07/2023 23:29

Not everyone trusts the police

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