Exposure, newsnight etc discussion part 2

[MrsjREwing]

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Steve has released a statement responding to Lord McAlpines statement.

Bunglie - that's just horrific.it is bizarre how people can do that .
I have no answers, I haven't got enough information to put an informed view. I have to put my trust in the professionals.

that 'not in the public interest' to prosecute/further investigate line now makes me instantly cross. what a handy whitewash phrase that seems to have been rolled out every time it was someone powerful or connected.

it bloody well is the public's interest to have child abusers and rapists prosecuted and put behind bars. it may not be in the establishments interests which i guess that is what that phrase really means but it is definitely in the interests of all the future victims that will be abused because you chose not to pursue a high profile case.

sorry for that slight rant - just sick of reading that phrase as the 'non' explanation for why people with dossiers full of allegations and evidence weren't prosecuted.

So the Duncroft girls asked for no money and the millionaire McAlpine has asked for licence fee payers money, when the BBC didn't even name him

MrAlpine's lawyers are asking those who defamed him to apologise and settle. It is not a novel thing that those who are defamed gain damages. It is the only way to control those who tell lies about others.

well that's weird because that 'lie' has been in the public domain since 1998 when Icke published it in his book 'The Biggest Secret' - I wonder why he didn't jump out of his pram then?

Probably wants to avoid too much speculation during the new Inquiry.

He doesn't sound like he's a well man.

He wasn't named by the BBC, he has had a public apology, by all means get apologies, why take licence fee payers money if you are a millionaire?

the very rich have no scruples that is why they are rich.
we should all just stop paying, really.

But why is the BBC settling? As far as I recall his name was never mentioned by newsnight. Very odd , I wonder what their lawyers are up to.

I'm not convinced that his denial has changed everyone's mind anyway. The fear of forking out vast sums of money will stop them printing what they believe if it doesn't stop them thinking it.

I just read a DM article where he is going to sue everyone on Twitter who named him. I would imagine half the people who named him will be under 21 and have no money to give him. By all means get apologies frim them all, that's the least they should do. For an ill man he is using up a lot of energy to gain money, which he doesn't need if he is a millionaire as reported.

mind you if you scare enough people you can be sure you'll be left well alone and no one will dare print any skeletons you do have in your closet.

Apparently they have had a list of every tweet naming him via a specialist firm.

how utterly ridiculous. my sympathies have passed.

If you are innocent and being named in public for being involved with something like this then you'd do everything you could to stop it. I can't imagine being in his position, it would be hideous.

Trial by twitter leads to people having to make decisions that they wouldn't do if a properly run Inquiry was able to clear them. How do you fight gossip?

I'm surprised that others named on twitter haven't done the same thing

Well he didn't actually make his money it was his grandfather who made the money and he lived off his largesse .
He lost most of his money in Australia I think. He built an ideal town on the coast and then the recession hit. He also bought loads of rothko and sold them for a song. One went for $72m a couple of days ago.
God that would piss on my chips, if I had done that.

So what is behind getting £200 pounds, the whole assets of an out of work 18yo? Apology I get, money in his position, I don't get.

Who told you that? That is a police matter!

I agree with Jins.

The glee with which people are bandying the names of people around is awful. It's just being treated like salacious gossip.
I would use any means I could to make people think twice before assuming that tweeting ill founded rumours was a sensible was to pass the time.

I will be perfectly content for him to make the likes of Sally Bercow and Philip Schofield sweat after their posturing.

In any event the desperation amongst some to persist with the idea that it was him is unpleasant. And shows an ironic contempt for Steven Messham who has said it was not him and apologised.

bunglie is it ok for you to be discussing this stuff on here? are your allegations not part of a criminal investigation now? also i do hope you are protecting yourself because it is quite easy to identify you for some - there have been links to blogs of other women who attended the school and from there links to friendsreunited groups and stuff that make it possible to trace people. i am not criticising just felt it would be wrong for me to not voice my concerns. there seems to be some pretty heated/malicious/god knows stuff out there with ex students of your school and i just feel cautious for you.

I watched a programme which claimed DM had the most claims of false news reports and paid out the most in litigation. I think you should sue DM actually, and so should Steve, they twisted facts.