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Originally Posted by jfman
One might politely suggest that someone employed by the BBC on over four hundred thousand pounds a year - as a newsreader - would have had the foresight to predict this and adjusted his behaviour accordingly.
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You are missing my point. It is not the person involved, rather the wider target i.e. the BBC and the attack vector via the Sun and its owner.
Yes, the man involved has made serious misjudgements but then so have so many others where we have deafening silence. This is not about the person in question, never has been.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Talk about “confected” …….
Your piece is even more confected. You’ve got the right wing in there, the gullible, Murdoch, Pavlovian, outrage.
There are more outrageous matters than Rosindell you could have chosen, many of which command threads here.
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So let me ask this question: who has, so far, behaved more egregiously? An elected MP, previously Chairman of the Conservative Party, arrested for sexual offences and misconduct in public office or the BBC presenter who has so far, it seems, committed no offence.
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Not Really, I have absolutely no idea who this minor Tory MP is or do I care., and most likely neither do most of the country.
If he's guilty then he should face whatever penalty he receives. There's plenty of left wing rags and journos and TV channels can push the story if they want.
The Sun ran with the story but the Sun alone could not break it through into wider parlance. I don't, and never have, read the Sun. I found out through Social Media.
Edwards was known by millions, that's what made it a story. The BBC knew and did nothing, that's what made it a story.
In regards to the MP, having been arrested and continually bailed, I would ask what is taking the Police so long? They investigated and cleared Edwards in a matter of days.
Though the Conservatives should undertake their own internal investigation of the MP, as I'm sure he has broken standards, and discipline him as required.
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I'd like to think that being an MP is a job known by many and that the as the Conservative Party "did nothing" you would be equally, or even more, outraged ... or maybe not ....