Jimmy Saville allegations

[Huguenot]

Eh? Schofield's a tabloid style journalist on allow brow mid morning TV show that has a populist agenda promoting lightweight celebrity.

He did exactly what he was supposed to do, and asked the question that his audiences want answering from their suburban armchairs.

[civilservant]

???? Wrote:

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> Jessie Wrote:

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> > I'm far more interested in what the hospitals

> and

> > children's homes have to say for themselves.

> BBC

> > is a v easy target for right wing press and its

> > followers.

>

>

> Mmmmm. Another sacred cow which can,t be

> criticised without rasing the normal defensive

> hogwash? Rubbish, it failed miserably and almost

> systematically for years on the abuse and more

> recently by , at best, ignoring it. Not the only

> guilt party but so what.

Cyril Smith - another 'Sir' (although Jimmy S wasn't a 'proper' one).

Nothing to do with the Beeb this time. Accusers were boys, not girls. 'Everyone' knew in Rochdale and elsewhere, but found it convenient to turn a blind eye.

The only commonality is that both exploited very young people, counting on their victims' powerlessness to keep themselves safe from public exposure. How many others?

[Huguenot]

Is there a way to blame the BBC for the Cyril revelations? Pleeeeeease let there be one.

[susierose]

There most probably will be some sick twisted people who will take advantage of this situation to get money! But the real survivors of Jimmy Seville's evil crimes will have a statement to make which the police can check with other statements of victim's and you would be surprised how the evidence comes together! The investigations are very thorough and intrusive..... I bet the faker's will fall short one way or another.

[????]

Private Eye raised the Smith allegations back in 1979

[red devil]

''Can you tell what it is yet?..''

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[Huguenot]

Are you suggesting that there are allegations about contemporary artists? This is getting crazy!

[StraferJack]

Have people learned nothing after the macalpine incident?

[red devil]

Apparently not, although the Twitter account I saw (ITV producer of Savile expose) it was reporting that a certain person had been arrested/questioned in relation to the Savile enquiry, rather than saying xyz is a paedo/he's got bodies of children buried in his garden etc...

[Otta]

Whilst I couldn't have been less surprised about the Saville allegations, I would be absolutely shocked if there was any truth in that!

[dulwichtoo]

Someone told me in the pub last night who the new name is. 5 hour search of your house and pulled in by plod - either they are extreme in their treatment of potential suspects or plod knows something.