Huw Edwards

[Kenny 283]

2 hours ago, Perhaps said:

Sectioned for liking dick.

 

 

 

 

[Comped 525]

28 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Hell yeah, like posing a significant threat to the life of self or others - not noted anyone accusing Huw of trying to kill them over the last few days (and fuck knows, there'd have been serious money in it for anyone with evidence of that), so we can usefully assume he's being watched today for longer than the nation usually keeps tabs on him purely with the intention of preventing him creating more bad news.

 

If either of those who'd encountered him online then shared their stories find their names  in the public domain be interesting to see how well their mental health holds up. 

Exactly. From the wording of the statement, and what I've been told, it's probably a medium-to-long term visit.

[Sean 6,309]

2 hours ago, Comped said:

His wife's statement noted he'd had a significant mental health episode - my media-related mates have noted that means a little more than just going to the physc ward, at least in media-language.

Mental or nervous breakdown.Probably means his behaviour is erratic and is therefore unsafe when left to his own devices.

[Dead Wait 1,129]

There are many forms of mental health conditions:

 

Anxiety

 

Depression

 

Schizophrenia

 

Bipolar

 

Getting Caught!

[TQR 14,382]

A lovely little three-act play on Space Karen’s social media app:

 

 

 

 

[ladyfiona 2,570]

Jonathan Pie's opinion.

 

 

[Toast 16,112]

Jonathan Pie echoes my opinion.  This was a private matter and should have remained so.  It's got fuck all to do with the Sun or the BBC.

[Kenny 283]

32 minutes ago, Toast said:

Jonathan Pie echoes my opinion.  This was a private matter and should have remained so.  It's got fuck all to do with the Sun or the BBC.

 

British householders are forced to pay the BBC tax, aka the television licence fee. If they don't, they will be fined or imprisoned. Edwards has been paid around £500k per annum over the last decade. Those extorted funds have financed the parasite's perverted lifestyle so it's not a private matter.

 

The Welsh Wanker deserves everything he gets. Our sympathy should be reserved for the family that the arrogant bully has betrayed and shamed. However, the BBC is now trying to defect blame on to the press rather deal with its failure to deal with yet another sexual predator.

 

[Toast 16,112]

31 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

British householders are forced to pay the BBC tax, aka the television licence fee. If they don't, they will be fined or imprisoned. Edwards has been paid around £500k per annum over the last decade. Those extorted funds have financed the parasite's perverted lifestyle so it's not a private matter.

 

The Welsh Wanker deserves everything he gets. Our sympathy should be reserved for the family that the arrogant bully has betrayed and shamed. However, the BBC is now trying to defect blame on to the press rather deal with its failure to deal with yet another sexual predator.

 

 

You might have a case if he'd committed a crime.  I don't agree that virtual activities with another consenting adult in his free time are anyone else's business, including his/her parents.

[time 8,581]

45 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

British householders are forced to pay the BBC tax, aka the television licence fee. If they don't, they will be fined or imprisoned. Edwards has been paid around £500k per annum over the last decade. Those extorted funds have financed the parasite's perverted lifestyle so it's not a private matter.

 

The Welsh Wanker deserves everything he gets. Our sympathy should be reserved for the family that the arrogant bully has betrayed and shamed. However, the BBC is now trying to defect blame on to the press rather deal with its failure to deal with yet another sexual predator.

 

What, exactly, do you know of his lifestyle? How do you know its perverted? 

 

PS. No-one is 'forced' to pay the licence fee.

[Toast 16,112]

18 minutes ago, time said:

PS. No-one is 'forced' to pay the licence fee.

 

Agreed.  Black Belt Barrister on Youtube has a lot of useful tips pertaining to the licence fee and your rights.

[Imelda 614]

Turns out that Victoria Derbyshire was on his case prior to The Sun

 

https://deadline.com/2023/07/huw-edwards-bbc-news-investigation-1235436791/

 

Plenty left to unwind over the next few months by the looks of it.

[Kenny 283]

12 hours ago, time said:

What, exactly, do you know of his lifestyle? How do you know its perverted? 

 

PS. No-one is 'forced' to pay the licence fee.

 

In my opinion his activities, as reported in the media, are perverted.

 

Most of the population are currently forced to the pay the licence fee.

 

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence

 

"The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to:

• watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky, Virgin, BT, Freeview, Freesat)
• watch TV live on any streaming service (e.g. ITVX, Channel 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now, Sky Go)
• watch BBC iPlayer*."

Try not paying and see what happens. My friend tried it, went to court, lost and got a huge fine.

 

 

 

[TQR 14,382]

Oh well, big breakthrough there: if you use a service, you’re forced to pay for it.

[Ulitzer95 12,560]

40 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

Try not paying and see what happens. My friend tried it, went to court, lost and got a huge fine.

 

Your friend must have been an idiot to get caught. It's nearly impossible to get caught, despite their threatening letters.

I'm aware that they send people round ground floor properties to peer into your living room, but the solution is don't have the TV facing any of the windows in any of the ways, draw the curtains etc.

Vast, vast majority of people cheating the TV licence never get caught as their officers can't get into blocks with flats etc.

[time 8,581]

56 minutes ago, Kenny said:

 

In my opinion his activities, as reported in the media, are perverted.

 

Most of the population are currently forced to the pay the licence fee.

 

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/telling-us-you-dont-need-a-tv-licence

 

"The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to:

• watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky, Virgin, BT, Freeview, Freesat)
• watch TV live on any streaming service (e.g. ITVX, Channel 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now, Sky Go)
• watch BBC iPlayer*."

Try not paying and see what happens. My friend tried it, went to court, lost and got a huge fine.

 

 

 

Be specific. What, of his activities, as reported in the media, do you consider perverted? Is it the paying for explicit photographs? The online aspect of his sexual activity? The fact that it was with a guy? Something else?

 

Regarding the being forced to pay the licence fee, you have perfectly illustrated that no-one is forced to pay it. You might as well argue that everyone is forced to pay a Netflix subscription.

[Bibliogryphon 9,564]

I seriously don't have a problem with the licence fee. It is approximately comparable with a Netflix subscription (at the moment) but Netflix carries no news or sport and doesn't have radios 1-4, local radio and the online educational presence.

 

Those people who will take any opportunity to have a go at the BBC have their own agenda and if they get rid of it your Sky and Netflix subscriptions will be going up

 

If they remove the licence fee then it should be funded out of taxation.

 

However the licence fee gives it a modest level of independence (which has been compromised) but I am in favour of non-commercial national broadcaster

[time 8,581]

28 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

I seriously don't have a problem with the licence fee. It is approximately comparable with a Netflix subscription (at the moment) but Netflix carries no news or sport and doesn't have radios 1-4, local radio and the online educational presence.

 

Those people who will take any opportunity to have a go at the BBC have their own agenda and if they get rid of it your Sky and Netflix subscriptions will be going up

 

If they remove the licence fee then it should be funded out of taxation.

 

However the licence fee gives it a modest level of independence (which has been compromised) but I am in favour of non-commercial national broadcaster

The vast majority of people have no problem with the licence fee. It's only the pearl-clutchers (of both the forum and society at large) that seem to think that because the BBC is publicly funded, they, individually, have the right to dictate how people live their lives.

[Toast 16,112]

1 hour ago, time said:

Be specific. What, of his activities, as reported in the media, do you consider perverted? Is it the paying for explicit photographs? The online aspect of his sexual activity? The fact that it was with a guy?

 

Is that a fact?  Has anyone seen a reliable source confirming that it was a male? 

[Toast 16,112]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Your friend must have been an idiot to get caught. It's nearly impossible to get caught, despite their threatening letters.
I'm aware that they send people round ground floor properties to peer into your living room, but the solution is don't have the TV facing any of the windows in any of the ways, draw the curtains etc.
Vast, vast majority of people cheating the TV licence never get caught as their officers can't get into blocks with flats etc.

 

Damn right.  I didn't have a TV licence for years, and I was doorstepped at two different addresses by the TV licence goons.  I wouldn't let them in.

You are obliged to let them inspect your TV and your licence, but crucially you do not have to let them into your home without a warrant.  I just denied having a TV and there was nothing they could do.

 

Like I said upthread, Black Belt Barrister has some informative videos on Youtube about this.

 

 

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

1 hour ago, Bibliogryphon said:

I seriously don't have a problem with the licence fee. It is approximately comparable with a Netflix subscription (at the moment) but Netflix carries no news or sport and doesn't have radios 1-4, local radio and the online educational presence.

 

Those people who will take any opportunity to have a go at the BBC have their own agenda and if they get rid of it your Sky and Netflix subscriptions will be going up

 

If they remove the licence fee then it should be funded out of taxation.

 

However the licence fee gives it a modest level of independence (which has been compromised) but I am in favour of non-commercial national broadcaster

 

 

Hell yeah, where do you start in terms of benefits in terms of British soft power? A serious point; our news gathering is more trusted and respected around the world as a result of the - non-commercial BBC - and that has given us significant benefits. Also, our music industry punches way above its weight internationally largely because our main music broadcaster isn't commercial and our harder to get but more innovative musical acts over the years (y'know Beatles/Pink Floyd/Radiohead) were all reliant on BBC support in their early days and likely wouldn't have risen to profitability any other way, their value to the country is so vast its hard to calculate, largely because the respect and influence they enjoy is so massive, all signed to EMI for their glory days (give or take the odd subsidiary label like Harvest) so BBC aided and British to their core. Seriously, would a commercial broadcaster have given early Pink Floyd radio sessions or played Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun?  Rant over. 

[time 8,581]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

Is that a fact?  Has anyone seen a reliable source confirming that it was a male? 

Sorry, should have said assumption. 

[Youth in Asia 1,085]

1 hour ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

Hell yeah, where do you start in terms of benefits in terms of British soft power? A serious point; our news gathering is more trusted and respected around the world as a result of the - non-commercial BBC - and that has given us significant benefits. Also, our music industry punches way above its weight internationally largely because our main music broadcaster isn't commercial and our harder to get but more innovative musical acts over the years (y'know Beatles/Pink Floyd/Radiohead) were all reliant on BBC support in their early days and likely wouldn't have risen to profitability any other way, their value to the country is so vast its hard to calculate, largely because the respect and influence they enjoy is so massive, all signed to EMI for their glory days (give or take the odd subsidiary label like Harvest) so BBC aided and British to their core. Seriously, would a commercial broadcaster have given early Pink Floyd radio sessions or played Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun?  Rant over. 

 

Well yes, but that was ages ago. What soft power does the BBC help with these days - in the last decade or so. Some David Attenborough documentaries, a poor copy of the old top gear and last night of the proms?

[maryportfuncity 10,630]

48 minutes ago, Youth in Asia said:

 

Well yes, but that was ages ago. What soft power does the BBC help with these days - in the last decade or so. Some David Attenborough documentaries, a poor copy of the old top gear and last night of the proms?

 

 

For as long as the worldwide news gathering and World  Service have some clout it's still fairly strong and the other major area of soft power is the tonnage of training and commisioning done in the lower ranks. Without the public service remit we wouldn't be bringing on sound engineers, scriptwriters etc. many employed on cult projects and many of them from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Those opportunities have been the test bed for top talent in front of and behind the scenes in this country for decades. Pheobe Waller Bridge may be part of the establishment to the point she's working on James Bond and Indiana Jones movies now, ten years ago she was glad to be involved in BBC radio drama. Doubtless, somebody glad to be involved in that drama now (low cost compared to television so a good place to test ambitious ideas and potential talents) will be a household name in ten years. 

[Imelda 614]

35 minutes ago, maryportfuncity said:

 

 

For as long as the worldwide news gathering and World  Service have some clout it's still fairly strong and the other major area of soft power is the tonnage of training and commisioning done in the lower ranks. Without the public service remit we wouldn't be bringing on sound engineers, scriptwriters etc. many employed on cult projects and many of them from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Those opportunities have been the test bed for top talent in front of and behind the scenes in this country for decades. Pheobe Waller Bridge may be part of the establishment to the point she's working on James Bond and Indiana Jones movies now, ten years ago she was glad to be involved in BBC radio drama. Doubtless, somebody glad to be involved in that drama now (low cost compared to television so a good place to test ambitious ideas and potential talents) will be a household name in ten years. 

 

Would this be the same Phoebe Waller Bridge?

 

Phoebe Mary Waller-Bridge was born in Hammersmith, London, on 14 July 1985,^[3][4] the daughter of Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge, founder of the electronic trading platform Tradepoint,^[5] and Theresa Mary, daughter of Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th Baronet, employed by the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers.

 

She's been establishment from the moment she popped out into the world. Not sure she's the best example to run with here, tbh