Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter!

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I'm actually shocked.

That is a complete non sequitur.

@halfpintshandypants are you serious? Please tell me you are joking?! The Sun has FAMOUS HISTORY for making things up!! Google the Hillsborough diaster and what The Sun did to pour shame on the fans who died (and we are talking adults and children here) and blame them for it when none of it was true!! Many people in Liverpool and Merseyside still boycott The Sun now because of its actions and its flagrant disrespect of the dead. I wouldn't believe a single word of anything they write. Also THE SUN USED TO PUBLISH NAKED 16 YEAR OLDS EVERY EDITION ON PAGE 3! Do you not see the irony? Who do you think holds them accountable?!!

Yeah because The Sun are champions of integrity and sensitivity, just ask anyone from Liverpool or all the ppl they illegally wire tapped. They didn’t do a fab job, they’re treading carefully so not to get sued whilst trying to create as much sensationalism to sell papers.

It's funny how these middle aged men having their mental health crises and acting out their suppressed sexualities, never do so with other middle aged men, but always with teens or young men.

A lot is unknown. I think there’s some differences between, for example, contact on OnlyFans or Grindr which are all about sexual transactions of one form or another. Versus contacting colleagues or random folk on Instagram or Twitter who haven’t asked for the attention. And then the exact nature of the messages (I note the person who claimed he sent angry abusive messages was in response to that person threatening to publicly out him…I mean, that’s not an unreasonable thing to get angry about).

I’m not completely defending him and I find the focus on young people who are just barely legal very uncomfortable to say the least. But I think the whole thing is quite complicated and the information in the public domain is a pretty scant basis on which to ruin someone’s life and career.

Thanks (genuinely!) for the insights. My anxiety completely enveloped me so in a way i feel like it was akin to depression. It may even have been depression at some stage. All i know is i ended up 'locked up' in the psychiatric unit in hospital, couldn't leave without being accompanied by a staff member. My daughter had to visit me in a tiny room with a little plastic screen (cos covid) but she's quite young so it was fairly traumatic for her.

But we have no confirmation of any young drug addicts.

Just an estranged "child" whose parents made claims which the the "child" didn't support. And a story run by a paper who ignored and didn't publish the response of their alleged victim.

Exactly BE KIND

Let down about what? He owes you nothing. And has done nothing illegal.

Your horrible comment about 'trotting out mental health issues' says more about you than this whole thing says about him

Because it doesnt suit.

People suddenly care about vulnerable people when it means they can kick someone in the public eye.

This stuff happens every day.

This.

I didn't say he had.

Exploitation: noun to use something in order to take advantage of it

It's a fact he paid vulnerable young people for his own gratification. The very definition of exploitation.

"I hope you’ve checked with the bin man what he does with his salary too"

This.

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If the BBC have him back and put him on prime time then yes, absolutely huff and puff then.

Previous comment said…..’all young people are vulnerable’
The terms
‘Not all’
and
’most likely’
clearly state the not ‘all’

My comment related to the sweeping statement that ‘all’ young people ( actually it’s adults in this case )are vulnerable
I would not have commented had the original post used the terms…’some’ or even ‘most’.

If all young people are so vulnerable why on earth are we allowing them to
drive….when the brain is not developed putting other road users at risk
leave home….
etc

To be honest, even if no criminal activity has taken place (which if his first victim was 17 then there was) then there was definitely a huge huge power imbalance between them, so the relationship is really inappropriate - if one of his victims was a drug addict then he has clearly used this to his advantage hasn't he.

I do feel for him as his struggles with his mental health have been very well documented, but unfortunately it doesn't excuse his poor behaviour.

Sun and certain media seem very reluctant to write big pieces on Andrew Rosindell, Essex Tory MP who is banned from parliament as on bail for 4th time for rape investigation and sexual assault and yet has been reselected by them for next election.

This.

And how now seemingly a "MH crisis" is a get out of jail card for this awful behaviour and for treating their wives appalingly.

As always, it's the woman picking up the man's shitty pieces. Huw's wife should not have been put in this position. Cowardly.

This is all speculation and libel.

I've never mentioned the Sun.

My issue as a licence payer is with his behaviour.

I have a lot of time for The Sun and contrary to opinion on here, they can’t just make stuff up whenever they feel like it.

Tell me you’re not from Liverpool without telling me you’re not from Liverpool 🙄

If he paid via a website, such websites have an age requirement of 18 so unless the lad mentioned his actual age then Huw would not have known.
What a fall from grace for him, I feel for his family.

I have a lot of time for The Sun and contrary to opinion on here, they can’t just make stuff up whenever they feel like it.

Oh my goodness. Gullible doesn’t cover it.

@Willyoujustbequiet ahh so you don't mean legally, you just mean you've decided that based on the Sun reporting and no other evidence

Whilst this is morally questionable and as yet it is not known if there has been a criminal offence, what really stands out is the lack of care for the young person at the centre.

Their parent has put this in the public domain without their consent and we are only getting the parent's version. There is a lot of speculation that this young person is vulnerable, if an addict they probably are but they can also be manipulative. It is also very odd that the parents insist that the young person's addiction is because of the money, it is usually the other way. Having worked with addiction and then child protection/specialising in addiction for nearly 20 years the thing that worries me most is the parents of this young person. They are apparently estranged so their actions are really questionable . I have worked in child protection for nearly 2 decades, fractured families,drug addictions, etc are pretty standard. Even the most conflicted family with several issues can get to the point we can have a family group conference.

I am not dismissing what has happened, that a person is held to certain standards within their workplace, and if it happens to be the BBC you really have no come back.

Disgusting the sun published pin ups of page three 16 year olds.
How soon they forget.
When i did.work experience in early 90s a whole wall was covered in the sun page three pin ups. This was an office environment and i was 17.
The sun can get stuffed with their high moral.ground.