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Can we have some more threads about Huw Edwards please?

51 replies

leatherchaps · 12/07/2023 18:30

There aren't quite enough yet I don't think..

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Meeting · 12/07/2023 19:23

TappingTed · 12/07/2023 19:17

Do you suffer from Face Blindness @Meeting ?

No. Do you remember the name of every person you've ever seen on TV @TappingTed ?

FrivolousTreeDuck · 12/07/2023 19:25

LeggyLinda · 12/07/2023 19:15

It was the worst kept secret ever. I think the excessive number of threads reflects the fact that people are now free to talk about it freely instead of in veiled speech.
Agree that they don’t belong in AIBU though

The BBC has created far more publicity by initially keeping it secret. Surely they realised that? If they'd named him last week it would have been - well, last week's news by now.

SwedishEdith · 12/07/2023 19:27

Clicked on a few - what a horror show. I'm sure I need to read more enlightened informed nuance from MissPop.

Redglitter · 12/07/2023 19:32

I think I've hidden about 8.- so far

Calloffruity · 12/07/2023 19:37

Meeting · 12/07/2023 18:32

I counted 6.

What does he present? I've never seen him before. Not that that matters because I doubt I'll be seeing him now!

You cannot be serious, he's been reading the news for about 30 years

ReliantRobyn · 12/07/2023 19:41

Meeting · 12/07/2023 18:39

Did it sound funny to you?

I don't watch the evening news, usually listen on radio in the morning. I do watch royal events, but he doesn't look familiar.

Tell us you aren't informed about current affairs without telling us you're informed about current affairs...

Riapia · 12/07/2023 19:42

I thought it was going to be a support group.
He certainly hasn’t got any at home.

Over40Overdating · 12/07/2023 19:42

Oh yes please. And can we fill it with ableist slurs about ‘the metal health card’ and confident, slanderous assertions that disagree with what the Met have said about criminal activity.
And claim sisterhood with his wife whilst also ensuring we are contributing to the exact speculation and behaviour she has asked people to desist from.

Fallenangelofthenorth · 12/07/2023 19:46

TappingTed · 12/07/2023 19:17

Do you suffer from Face Blindness @Meeting ?

Maybe she only recognises his arse?

I'd not heard of him either. I don't watch anything he's ever been on including royal events. It happens 🤷‍♀️

leatherchaps · 12/07/2023 19:53

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Gladreel · 12/07/2023 20:02

@Meeting I'm not familiar with him either, I would have reacted the same if it had been Steve down the road's sister's friend's ex-boyfriend's cousin who I'd never met!
Not interested in the Royals or the questionable reporting from the BBC, so never really come across him.

Random789 · 12/07/2023 20:08

FrivolousTreeDuck · 12/07/2023 18:36

Perhaps ask MNHQ if they can create a 'Huw Edwards' topic? Grin

Lol, yes. But we need a whole new board, really, to host topics like this. Famous Men And Their Abberant Willies perhaps

leatherchaps · 12/07/2023 20:12

Maybe we could request a sort of whack a mole board for posters to pit their speedy skills against one another to see who can break the good bad news first?

A sort of'fastest finger first'.. the prize being the glory of being the bearer and having the most posts on their thread 🥇🥇🥇

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MrsPapadopolis · 12/07/2023 20:14

"The Metropolitan Police and South Wales Police both said this evening that no criminal offence had been committed by the presenter. The BBC had paused its internal probe into the claims Mr Edwards paid the teenager for explicit pictures - and that investigation will now continue. "

So can we leave the poor guy alone?

LindorDoubleChoc · 12/07/2023 20:33

Three in Trending right now. Why can't HQ deal better with an entirely predictable proliferation of threads on one subject? Other forums I'm on would just shut the duplicates down and direct posters to the first thread.

Meeting · 12/07/2023 21:20

Gladreel · 12/07/2023 20:02

@Meeting I'm not familiar with him either, I would have reacted the same if it had been Steve down the road's sister's friend's ex-boyfriend's cousin who I'd never met!
Not interested in the Royals or the questionable reporting from the BBC, so never really come across him.

Join the club! Apparently it's a crime..

ShakeYourFeathers · 12/07/2023 21:27

LindorDoubleChoc · 12/07/2023 20:33

Three in Trending right now. Why can't HQ deal better with an entirely predictable proliferation of threads on one subject? Other forums I'm on would just shut the duplicates down and direct posters to the first thread.

I think that's the best way to do what I'm suggesting

MrsPapadopolis · 13/07/2023 09:14

Random789 · 12/07/2023 20:08

Lol, yes. But we need a whole new board, really, to host topics like this. Famous Men And Their Abberant Willies perhaps

😂😂

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2023 09:29

FrivolousTreeDuck · 12/07/2023 18:36

Perhaps ask MNHQ if they can create a 'Huw Edwards' topic? Grin

Can we just make it a 'male celebrity does sleaze 'topic because then we can shove the likes of Schofield and the next numpty that has 'inappropriate relations' in there?

Coolhwip · 13/07/2023 09:36

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Oh you’re one of those.

Did you also object to the multiple threads about Savile?

I don’t mind people starting multiple threads about public figures exploiting young and vulnerable people and MNHQ don’t seem to mind either, so why have your bee in a bonnet about it?

Mochudubh · 13/07/2023 10:05

YANBU

I mused about starting an "AIBU to think posters should check there isn't already a thread on a popular news story before starting one"? thread but couldn't be arsed.

MrsPapadopolis · 13/07/2023 10:08

Mochudubh · 13/07/2023 10:05

YANBU

I mused about starting an "AIBU to think posters should check there isn't already a thread on a popular news story before starting one"? thread but couldn't be arsed.

😂😂

MrsPapadopolis · 13/07/2023 10:11

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2023 09:29

Can we just make it a 'male celebrity does sleaze 'topic because then we can shove the likes of Schofield and the next numpty that has 'inappropriate relations' in there?

Good idea.

Will it include historic events, so that Florence can report Zebedee for interfering with her, behind the Magic Roundabout?

And while we are on that subject did Dylan ever get drugs tested and what was the result?

AnorLondo · 13/07/2023 11:07

Coolhwip · 13/07/2023 09:36

Oh you’re one of those.

Did you also object to the multiple threads about Savile?

I don’t mind people starting multiple threads about public figures exploiting young and vulnerable people and MNHQ don’t seem to mind either, so why have your bee in a bonnet about it?

One of what?

Why do there need to be multiple threads?

leatherchaps · 13/07/2023 13:07

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