Cheshiregas
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Post by Cheshiregas on Sept 4, 2024 13:55:37 GMT
It is not at all unusual for those publishing books to go on radio or other media. Why should ex-politicians be any different?
Most of the guests on the Graham Norton show for example are advertising something.
Interesting that you comment on Blair on a thread about the sexual infidelities of Huw Edwards.
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Post by trymer on Sept 4, 2024 14:03:21 GMT
It is not at all unusual for those publishing books to go on radio or other media. Why should ex-politicians be any different? Most of the guests on the Graham Norton show for example are advertising something. Interesting that you comment on Blair on a thread about the sexual infidelities of Huw Edwards. Ex politicians or present politicians should be treated differently to other authors as the BBC is SUPPOSED to be politically impartial. The thread also mentions 'and our BBC'.....I was going to start a thread called 'BBC watch' but I thought we could keep all their many misdemeanours on here. |
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Post by Cheshiregas on Sept 4, 2024 14:15:59 GMT
It is not at all unusual for those publishing books to go on radio or other media. Why should ex-politicians be any different? Most of the guests on the Graham Norton show for example are advertising something. Interesting that you comment on Blair on a thread about the sexual infidelities of Huw Edwards. Ex politicians or present politicians should be treated differently to other authors as the BBC is SUPPOSED to be politically impartial. The thread also mentions 'and our BBC'.....I was going to start a thread called 'BBC watch' but I thought we could keep all their many misdemeanours on here. Fair enough Trymer. The BBC is hardly likely to be impartial when the most senior influential roles are held by Tory donors or supporters. It will be interesting to see if Labour change the people in those roles and put in place impartial media experienced people or their own favourite people. |
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Post by Nobbygas on Sept 4, 2024 14:30:23 GMT
Ex politicians or present politicians should be treated differently to other authors as the BBC is SUPPOSED to be politically impartial. The thread also mentions 'and our BBC'.....I was going to start a thread called 'BBC watch' but I thought we could keep all their many misdemeanours on here. Fair enough Trymer. The BBC is hardly likely to be impartial when the most senior influential roles are held by Tory donors or supporters. It will be interesting to see if Labour change the people in those roles and put in place impartial media experienced people or their own favourite people. It'll be their chosen ones, the same as both parties have been doing for ever more ! I keep saying it, same old parties, same old policies, same old outcome. |
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Post by aghast on Sept 4, 2024 16:27:19 GMT
Watching Laura Kuenssberg fawning all over Boris Johnson many times, I didn't detect much obvious pro left wing bias there.
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Post by oldie on Sept 4, 2024 17:51:03 GMT
Watching Laura Kuenssberg fawning all over Boris Johnson many times, I didn't detect much obvious pro left wing bias there. Yes precisely You know the BBC are getting it right when the political extremes start squirming |
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Post by bluetornados on Sept 16, 2024 9:14:52 GMT
Huw Edwards arrives at court for sentencing hearing over child abuse image charges..by Owen Amosichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/1024/cpsprodpb/1c09/live/90d98e10-7405-11ef-b02d-c5f3b724a1ea.jpgFormer BBC News presenter Huw Edwards has arrived in court, where he could be sentenced for child abuse image offences In July Edwards admitted having 41 such images, which were sent to him on WhatsApp The estimated age of the children in most pictures was between 13 and 15, but one was aged between seven and nine Until last year, Edwards was one of the main presenters on BBC One's News at Ten and fronted coverage of major national events He was paid between £475,000-£479,999 from April 2023 to April 2024, when he resigned The possible punishments include up to three years in jail, or he could receive a community order with a condition that he undergoes a sex offender treatment programme. What does 'making indecent images' mean?..by Noor Nanji, Culture reporterIn July, Edwards admitted three charges of making indecent photographs after he was sent 41 illegal images. But what does "making" mean? It can have a wide legal definition. The Crown Prosecution Service says it can include opening an email attachment containing an image; downloading an image from a website to a screen; storing an image on a computer; or live-streaming images of children. It’s also up to the court to decide whether an offence falls into the category of possession, distribution or production. According to the Sentencing Council, creating the original image counts as production, which is the more serious of the three categories. It says that "making an image by simple downloading should be treated as possession for the purposes of sentencing".
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Post by baselswh on Sept 16, 2024 11:58:02 GMT
Sentenced to 6 months,suspended for 2 years.
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Post by lostinspace on Sept 16, 2024 13:59:59 GMT
Sentenced to 6 months,suspended for 2 years. Pathetic...well know celeb' given preferential protection from ' naughty boys inside' ..any other tom dick or harry would more than likely do time behind bars |
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Post by Icegas on Sept 16, 2024 14:08:20 GMT
Sentenced to 6 months,suspended for 2 years. Pathetic...well know celeb' given preferential protection from ' naughty boys inside' ..any other tom dick or harry would more than likely do time behind bars Agreed, disgusting.... He is a nonce,a danger to children if he thinks that way about them. BBC have a history of hiding and getting Pedos off. Shocking. |
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Post by Cheshiregas on Sept 16, 2024 14:27:37 GMT
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Post by lostinspace on Sept 16, 2024 14:34:01 GMT
Odd that he wasn't deemed ' ill' before all this came to light...🤔 |
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Post by trymer on Sept 16, 2024 15:04:47 GMT
Hopefully his 'illness' will be included on the list for assisted dying.
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Post by bluetornados on Sept 16, 2024 15:42:16 GMT
Not a surprise, what is shocking is that the BBC continued to pay him a further 200k of our money, which is yet to be returned.
A partial summary of the report on Edwards today..by Jacqueline Howard, BBC News
Edwards' lawyer Philip Evans told the court that the former newsreader "positively told Mr Williams not to send images of people who are underage".
"He recognises the repugnant nature of such images," he said. “He is truly sorry that he has committed these offences."
Mitigating factors outlined included no previous convictions, his decision-making may have been impaired by "mental disorder", and remorse.
Mr Evans told the court the offending could be linked to the "grave situation" of Edwards' mental health. He added that he had begun receiving treatment for mental ill health in 2019 and that was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020.
The images were first sent via WhatsApp in December 2020.
“He recognises he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. He knows that he has hurt and damaged his family and and his loved ones around him."
He added that "the defendant has no memory of viewing any particular images", adding that Edwards "did not store any of the images on any device".
In his sentencing remarks, Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring set out the impact that indecent images of children have on those young people who are made to appear in them.
He said the appropriate sentence would be 12 months for the most severe abuse images. However, taking into account the mitigation and early guilty plea, the sentence would be six months suspended for two years.
The magistrate said Edwards did not pose a risk to the public or children and an immediate custodial sentence was not necessary because the evidence showed he could be rehabilitated.
He was found to have seven category A images - the most serious classification, which show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity.
He also had 12 category B pictures, which involve non-penetrative sexual activity, and 22 photographs in category C, which covers other indecent images. The category B and C pictures showed children aged between 12 to 15.
He was the BBC's highest-paid journalist, receiving between £475,000-£479,999 between April 2023 and April 2024.
The BBC has asked him to return the £200,000 he earned between his arrest last November and his resignation this April.
The BBC's director general said last week that "discussions are under way" about the possibility of clawing back the money.
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Post by Icegas on Sept 16, 2024 15:50:25 GMT
Not a surprise, what is shocking is that the BBC continued to pay him a further 200k of our money, which is yet to be returned. A partial summary of the report on Edwards today..by Jacqueline Howard, BBC NewsEdwards' lawyer Philip Evans told the court that the former newsreader "positively told Mr Williams not to send images of people who are underage". "He recognises the repugnant nature of such images," he said. “He is truly sorry that he has committed these offences." Mitigating factors outlined included no previous convictions, his decision-making may have been impaired by "mental disorder", and remorse. Mr Evans told the court the offending could be linked to the "grave situation" of Edwards' mental health. He added that he had begun receiving treatment for mental ill health in 2019 and that was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020. The images were first sent via WhatsApp in December 2020. “He recognises he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. He knows that he has hurt and damaged his family and and his loved ones around him." He added that "the defendant has no memory of viewing any particular images", adding that Edwards "did not store any of the images on any device". In his sentencing remarks, Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring set out the impact that indecent images of children have on those young people who are made to appear in them. He said the appropriate sentence would be 12 months for the most severe abuse images. However, taking into account the mitigation and early guilty plea, the sentence would be six months suspended for two years. The magistrate said Edwards did not pose a risk to the public or children and an immediate custodial sentence was not necessary because the evidence showed he could be rehabilitated. He was found to have seven category A images - the most serious classification, which show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity. He also had 12 category B pictures, which involve non-penetrative sexual activity, and 22 photographs in category C, which covers other indecent images. The category B and C pictures showed children aged between 12 to 15. He was the BBC's highest-paid journalist, receiving between £475,000-£479,999 between April 2023 and April 2024. The BBC has asked him to return the £200,000 he earned between his arrest last November and his resignation this April. The BBC's director general said last week that "discussions are under way" about the possibility of clawing back the money. What makes this sickening is that he gets a suspended 2 year sentence, yet people who said 'nasty' things online towards illegal immigrants have been given 2 year full sentences.🤬 I bet plays the victim now,and gets another gig on the BBC. Now he has been convicted, shouldn't he now be fired? I can't remember reading that he has been. |
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Post by baldrick on Sept 16, 2024 16:02:12 GMT
Not a surprise, what is shocking is that the BBC continued to pay him a further 200k of our money, which is yet to be returned. A partial summary of the report on Edwards today..by Jacqueline Howard, BBC NewsEdwards' lawyer Philip Evans told the court that the former newsreader "positively told Mr Williams not to send images of people who are underage". "He recognises the repugnant nature of such images," he said. “He is truly sorry that he has committed these offences." Mitigating factors outlined included no previous convictions, his decision-making may have been impaired by "mental disorder", and remorse. Mr Evans told the court the offending could be linked to the "grave situation" of Edwards' mental health. He added that he had begun receiving treatment for mental ill health in 2019 and that was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020. The images were first sent via WhatsApp in December 2020. “He recognises he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. He knows that he has hurt and damaged his family and and his loved ones around him." He added that "the defendant has no memory of viewing any particular images", adding that Edwards "did not store any of the images on any device". In his sentencing remarks, Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring set out the impact that indecent images of children have on those young people who are made to appear in them. He said the appropriate sentence would be 12 months for the most severe abuse images. However, taking into account the mitigation and early guilty plea, the sentence would be six months suspended for two years. The magistrate said Edwards did not pose a risk to the public or children and an immediate custodial sentence was not necessary because the evidence showed he could be rehabilitated. He was found to have seven category A images - the most serious classification, which show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity. He also had 12 category B pictures, which involve non-penetrative sexual activity, and 22 photographs in category C, which covers other indecent images. The category B and C pictures showed children aged between 12 to 15. He was the BBC's highest-paid journalist, receiving between £475,000-£479,999 between April 2023 and April 2024. The BBC has asked him to return the £200,000 he earned between his arrest last November and his resignation this April. The BBC's director general said last week that "discussions are under way" about the possibility of clawing back the money. What makes this sickening is that he gets a suspended 2 year sentence, yet people who said 'nasty' things online towards illegal immigrants have been given 2 year full sentences.🤬 I bet plays the victim now,and gets another gig on the BBC. Now he has been convicted, shouldn't he now be fired? I can't remember reading that he has been. His career is over. As for being fired, he resigned before charges were brought. |
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Post by Icegas on Sept 16, 2024 16:10:01 GMT
What makes this sickening is that he gets a suspended 2 year sentence, yet people who said 'nasty' things online towards illegal immigrants have been given 2 year full sentences.🤬 I bet plays the victim now,and gets another gig on the BBC. Now he has been convicted, shouldn't he now be fired? I can't remember reading that he has been. His career is over. As for being fired, he resigned before charges were brought. Ok, I missed that. I heard that he is still getting paid by our taxes though, this is why I asked.👍 |
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Post by aghast on Sept 16, 2024 16:27:19 GMT
Pathetic...well know celeb' given preferential protection from ' naughty boys inside' ..any other tom dick or harry would more than likely do time behind bars Agreed, disgusting.... He is a nonce,a danger to children if he thinks that way about them. BBC have a history of hiding and getting Pedos off. Shocking. I don't think the BBC were on the bench at the sentencing hearing. |
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Post by aghast on Sept 16, 2024 16:29:42 GMT
Not a surprise, what is shocking is that the BBC continued to pay him a further 200k of our money, which is yet to be returned. A partial summary of the report on Edwards today..by Jacqueline Howard, BBC NewsEdwards' lawyer Philip Evans told the court that the former newsreader "positively told Mr Williams not to send images of people who are underage". "He recognises the repugnant nature of such images," he said. “He is truly sorry that he has committed these offences." Mitigating factors outlined included no previous convictions, his decision-making may have been impaired by "mental disorder", and remorse. Mr Evans told the court the offending could be linked to the "grave situation" of Edwards' mental health. He added that he had begun receiving treatment for mental ill health in 2019 and that was interrupted by the pandemic in 2020. The images were first sent via WhatsApp in December 2020. “He recognises he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people. He knows that he has hurt and damaged his family and and his loved ones around him." He added that "the defendant has no memory of viewing any particular images", adding that Edwards "did not store any of the images on any device". In his sentencing remarks, Chief magistrate Paul Goldspring set out the impact that indecent images of children have on those young people who are made to appear in them. He said the appropriate sentence would be 12 months for the most severe abuse images. However, taking into account the mitigation and early guilty plea, the sentence would be six months suspended for two years. The magistrate said Edwards did not pose a risk to the public or children and an immediate custodial sentence was not necessary because the evidence showed he could be rehabilitated. He was found to have seven category A images - the most serious classification, which show serious abuse including penetrative sexual activity. He also had 12 category B pictures, which involve non-penetrative sexual activity, and 22 photographs in category C, which covers other indecent images. The category B and C pictures showed children aged between 12 to 15. He was the BBC's highest-paid journalist, receiving between £475,000-£479,999 between April 2023 and April 2024. The BBC has asked him to return the £200,000 he earned between his arrest last November and his resignation this April. The BBC's director general said last week that "discussions are under way" about the possibility of clawing back the money. What makes this sickening is that he gets a suspended 2 year sentence, yet people who said 'nasty' things online towards illegal immigrants have been given 2 year full sentences.🤬 I bet plays the victim now,and gets another gig on the BBC. Now he has been convicted, shouldn't he now be fired? I can't remember reading that he has been. Don't be ridiculous |
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Post by oldie on Sept 16, 2024 16:30:32 GMT
Agreed, disgusting.... He is a nonce,a danger to children if he thinks that way about them. BBC have a history of hiding and getting Pedos off. Shocking. I don't think the BBC were on the bench at the sentencing hearing. Indeed...it's so depressing these judges and jurors who appoint themselves to judge others |
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