Huw! Edwards!

So he has been named by his wife as the perp in this massively unedifying episode.

After wondering why on earth he would do this, I am struck by how the Beeb really doesn’t need this as it further weakens the best (roughly) impartial news source in the UK. It doesn’t always get it right, but I see similar levels of annoyance from the left and the right against the BBC, so I am broadly happy.

But this is a gift to those, particularly in the ‘new’ Tories, who seek to undermine the BBC for their political aims.

Huw – you are a bloody fool.

We’re pretty shocked it was him.

Although the statement didn’t say he’d done or not done anything, just that he is the person in question.

It’s not the impartiality that’s the problem, it’s the lack of criticality.

And this

Huw – you are a bloody fool.

Looks like hes already paid the price for his stupidity.

I felt for all the others that were getting grief but Hugh is now mentally unstable, couldn’t have been that bad from what’s been released
Was there a ban on a thread about this case on here or was no one interested, very unlikely for singletrack

We suspected it was Huw after him not presenting the News at 10 for the last few days. Quite why anyone would pay £35k for what you can get for free on the interballs bemuses me!

Was there a ban on a thread about this case on here or was no one interested, very unlikely for singletrack

I’d been wondering the same!

Was there a ban on a thread about this case

yeah there was already a thread naming him based on the rumours last week I think, it was deleted pretty quick though which was fair enough!!

Have these people not heard of pornhub?

As it’s difficult to know exactly what has actually happened- no real evidence yet in the public domain although it may well appear-and as the initial accusation of criminal behaviour seems to have been dismissed by the police it’s all a bit premature to make a final judgement yet.

I think this still boils down to mock rage that someone is married, then carries on in a same sex relationship.

Really, WGAF nowadays about such things, christ, we had a PM who was a serial philanderer and cheater. Someone had it in for him, or the BBC, and used this sad excuse to try to break him, and, possibly, the BBC.

Depression can sure push people in the wrong direction. Sorry, but I really feel for him and his family. Life can be utterly shit at times. I hope that red top rag is proud.

Was there a ban on a thread about this case on here

Probably – and correctly so – but now the name is out and the Met have not found any evidence of criminality, there isn’t really a reason not to discuss it.

In the wider UK ‘scene’, a weakened BBC is a bad thing unless you are one of those on the far right (and I class our government as far right) seeking to undermine impartial reporting. Note how all the major attacks on the Beeb have come from the post Brexit Tories.

But £35k for something that he could access in 5 seconds flat? It is very weird and questions will be flying around on that point.

It is a real shake of the head in disbelief moment.

I hope that red top rag is proud.

I’m sure they’re very proud, putting the boot into the BBC at every opportunity is a key objective for Murdoch.

They’ll be popping champagne corks as job well done.

Given he’s done absolutely nothing illegal this pretty much amounts to ‘famous married guy uses only fans’

the only people who’s business this should be is his family’s.

meanwhile, that cesspit of a rag that is the sun has clearly learned nothing from poor old Caroline Flack. Sooner it is sued into extinction the better

But £35k for something that he could access in 5 seconds flat? It is very weird and questions will be flying around on that point.

It is a real shake of the head in disbelief moment.

Poor financial judgement maybe, but what he does with his money is his business. Nothing illegal took place.

Quite why anyone would pay £35k for what you can get for free on the interballs bemuses me!

I’m guessing you’re completely unaware of the success of Only Fans and the money that’s being made by people on there. Many are making millions a month for paid content

I wonder if Operation Huw Tree have opened a line of enquiry.

Timing of the story was quite fortuitous for the tories too.

We could have been talking about a minibus full of tories bringing the house into disrepute (including my MP) or the migrant bill battles. But instead the BBC becomes the story. Must just have been a coincidence.

I’m aware of Only Fans, but I don’t know what the ‘business model’ is. 🤷‍♂️

I’m sure they’re very proud, putting the boot into the BBC at every opportunity is a key objective for Murdoch.

They’ll be popping champagne corks as job well done.

But, mostly, this ^^^^.

FFS.

But £35k for something that he could access in 5 seconds flat?

Do we even know any money changed hands? Last I read, the alleged victim denied any of this happening.

And FWIW, I wouldn’t bet against the likes of The Sun or The Mail using honey traps on BBC presenters. I reckon they’ll have had someone flash some thigh at Lineker at some point. They’ve been doing it since the mid 80s at least.

Give over. Mental health issues and a family in turmoil warrants a bit more compassion. Although amateur comedians will have a field day with this…’cos it’s funny, innit.

Quite why anyone would pay £35k for what you can get for free on the interballs bemuses me!

Sounds like he has been suffering from depression and mental health issues for years. Possibly improved his self esteem… who knows

I feel sorry for him to a degree as nothing criminal has happened but we still don’t know the full story

The fact he is currently in hospital is concerning, he will be suffering as will his family.

of course we don’t know the impact on the girl and her family too

Its a non-event in space time.  He has done nothing illegal.

Be a real shame if he can’t come back from this and work again at the BBC.

The whole things smacks of homophobia as well…

I’m struggling to understand how the BBC are in any way “implicated” here. There was no criminality so why does an employer have any jurisdiction or authority over how an employee chooses to spend their salary…???

(Yes, I am aware of Saville et al but nothing I’ve read suggests anything took place in a “work environment”)

The whole things smacks of homophobia as well…

where does homophobia come in to it?

Wondered if it was him after he hadn’t popped up on the news for a bit.

I will presumably find out soon enough but I have no idea what the BBC is supposed to have done wrong.

My understanding is that after the allegations had been reported to the police they were then reported to the the BBC, who attempted to the pursue the matter but when they tried to email or phone the accuser to follow it up their email and phone call were ignored.

I am sure that more will be revealed but why is there this apparent presumption of guilt on the part of the BBC when nothing is known about the case?

He seems to have just been fodder for the ongoing proxy war on the BBC by the right wing press

Is there anything more distasteful than watching utter ****s like Kelvin McKenzie (who seems to have been getting hugely disproportionate airtime this week) getting on their high horses with their confected, faux moral outrage?

I also can’t figure out exactly what the BBC have done wrong here 🤷‍♂️

Is there anything more distasteful than utter ****s like Kelvin McKenzie getting on their high horses with their faux moral outrage?

If there is, I can’t think of what it might be. But that’s the target audience of the RW press – hypocritical moralisers who tut and hiss at stories like this (whilst having their noses wedgec in it and spreading further rumours), whilst being less than perfect themselves.

Aka The Moral Majority – much vaunted by the right, whilst usually being utterly hypocritical.

Quite why anyone would pay £35k for what you can get for free on the interballs bemuses me!

It’s quite possible he was being asked to pay to keep his name out of that press.  I don’t think this story is finished yet :(.

Is there anything more distasteful than utter ****s like Kelvin McKenzie (who seems to have been getting hugely disproportionate airtime this week) getting on their high horses with their confected, faux moral outrage?

That.

I also can’t figure out exactly what the BBC have done wrong here

Probably very little – but that is sure as hell not how The Scum will present it. Whilst many of their employees will be doing similar things to Edwards but not being pulled up on it.

where does homophobia come in to it?

I just doubt it would have been such a big deal had it been a woman he’d allegedly been paying…

Lots of well known figures have same hetroxsexual affairs and their careers carry on fine…

The only possible good outcome from this is if Huw is able to litigate the S*n to slow and painful death.

A separate Met statement said: “Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command have now concluded their assessment and have determined there is no information to indicate that a criminal offence has been committed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66180799

It sounds as if the only people to have done anything wrong in this story might be the BBC!

It sounds as if the only people to have done anything wrong in this story might be the BBC!

Pretty normal to suspend someone on full pay if a serious allegation is made, whilst an investigation takes place.

They seem to have played it by the book.

So the other party is a chap?

Speculation or reported?

Not that it should make a difference – but it will – back to the moral majority stuff again.

They seem to have played it by the book.

Yeah they probably have but on day one of this story I was hearing “Have the BBC learnt nothing?” with even suggestions that it could be “the end of the BBC”.

Even though no details were known about what had happened.

I thought the first allegation came from parents about their daughter not a son ?