BBC presenter Huw Edwards suspended over paying for sexual pics.

[friedaweed]

Pah. Even I won't get banned for calling Bellend a cunt!

Having met both of you in person I'll refer you to my earlier cigarette paper analogy.

 

[gosub]

Who is paying the 20 year old legal fees here

Not the sort of thing they mention on news at ten

 

[friedaweed]

Who is paying the 20 year old legal fees here

Tanya1982 , obs the only one who could afford it.

 

[bimble]

if they were to successfully sue the sun for printing shit about their client (after the 'victim' told them not to print) there'll be loads of money to share, any self respecting lawyer would take a punt on that i reckon. Plus the publicity.

 

[friedaweed]

"The firm that the young person has instructed to contact the BBC is not a modest, high street firm, they are a multinational practice so they know what they're doing.
They have repeatedly emphasised that their client alleges this is a breach of their privacy."


Good. I hope the mum did get some £££ from the Sun for her story because its probably cost her her relationship with the 'child' she was so worried for.

I'm not sure it was that rosy in the first place. There is the possibility that the extremely rich person, whomever that is, at the centre of all might end up providing such a service via agents.

 

[JimW]

No win no fee, doing a two for one deal with the whiplash from that shunt (ooer)

 

[Plumdaff]

Just the sort of firm a 20 year old with no connections would use.

If there's the decent prospect of a big payday courtesy of News International I can see very expensive lawyers falling over themselves to do this pro bono.

 

[xenon]

Who is paying the 20 year old legal fees here

The license payers…

 

[gosub]

I'm not sure it was that rosy in the first place. There is the possibility that the extremely rich person, whomever that is, at the centre of all might end up providing such a service via agents.

Thought same.

Do feel sorry for the mum

 

[gosub]

If there's the decent prospect of a big payday courtesy of News International I can see very expensive lawyers falling over themselves to do this pro bono.

Knowing which door to walk through though

 

[Tanya1982]

if they were to successfully sue the sun for printing shit about their client (after the 'victim' told them not to print) there'll be loads of money to share, any self respecting lawyer would take a punt on that i reckon. Plus the publicity.

I think it’s fascinating from a media culture point of view - same as the Schofield circus. I really couldn’t give a toss who it is, the gossip side is of limited interest to me. The press in the UK is unreal - they aren’t happy until they kill someone, which depending on how it’s measured they’ve done a few times, and then after a day or a drip feed of obsequious shite they feed on the corpse.

It seems more invidious because it’s dressed up as seriousness, when most of it is celebrity gossip. In other countries where I’ve taken an interest in what’s going on and how things are reported this kind of stuff is alongside the alien conspiracies and the chewing gum. Here, we have helicopters buzzing above the BBC, just weeks after a daytime chat show host having a work affair became a matter of national concern, and of course we all remember the soap star who licked his finger on camera and saw his career crash around him for it.

 

[Plumdaff]

Knowing which door to walk through though

Lots of people will know this person's name and where they live.

 

[bimble]

Thought same.

Do feel sorry for the mum

I find this so bizarre its interesting,
I mean of all the people to feel sorry for in this shitshow why the mum ?
Maybe you can imagine being so upset about your 20 year old offspring's life choices that you feel you have no choice but to phone the Sun Newspaper against their wishes?

 

[belboid]

Having met both of you in person I'll refer you to my earlier cigarette paper analogy.

Oh Frieda. That’s a metaphor, not an analogy.

 

[gosub]

Lots of people will know this person's name and where they live.

The brief you want for this sort of thing isn't the sort whom has their clerk make unsolicited sales calls

 

[friedaweed]

If there's the decent prospect of a big payday courtesy of News International I can see very expensive lawyers falling over themselves to do this pro bono.

I'd put a spoiler on that. As much as I think the site owner would love to see his demise I don't think it's fair to speculate that the U2 frontman might have anything to do with this case.

 

[friedaweed]

Oh Frieda. That’s a metaphor, not an analogy.

You are correct. I've had a long day and I am in no fit place to arbitrate between you pair of likeable cunts.

 

[brogdale]

Oh Frieda. That’s a metaphor, not an analogy.

So, basically, he's been wasting his money on the anti-histamines?

 

[WouldBe]

Come back Bejam all is forgiven

They do have some strange stuff in Iceland.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

That the Beeb are untrustworthy scum and should be abolished.

You'd think there is some kind of link between the Sun and the world's biggest subscription TV service they way they've been trashing a license-fee TV model broadcaster for years.

 

[friedaweed]

So, basically, he's been wasting his money on the anti-histamines?

My suppose arteries are working just fine thanks.

 

[belboid]

So, basically, he's been wasting his money on the anti-histamines?

There are just too many ways to parse this sentence, I’m going to have to ignore it.

 

[PR1Berske]

That the Beeb are untrustworthy scum and should be abolished.

And that Rupert Murdoch is......better? Somehow?


I'd trust the BBC a thousand times before trusting The Sun.

 

[Raheem]

Sensing that the big winner here is going to be the crack dealer.

 

[elbows]

You'd think is some kind of link between the Sun and the world's biggest subscription TV service they way they've been trashing a license-fee TV model broadcaster for years.

The link isnt what it used to be, Comcast have owned Sky since 2018. Murdoch doesnt have 21st Century Fox these days either, Disney got it. He's still got Fox News though.

 

[friedaweed]

Sensing that the big winner here is going to be the crack dealer.

I'm thinking s/he might have the twitchiest bottom right now.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The link isnt what it used to be, Comcast have owned Sky since 2018. Murdoch doesnt have 21st Century Fox these days either, Disney got it. He's still got Fox News though.

Yeah, but these cunts are all swimming down the same sewer. Makes me almost think about getting a TV license...

 

[hash tag]

Who is paying the 20 year old legal fees here

Could be anyone with a grade against the sun

 

[gosub]

I find this so bizarre its interesting,
I mean of all the people to feel sorry for in this shitshow why the mum ?
Maybe you can imagine being so upset about your 20 year old child's life choices that you feel you have no choice but to phone the Sun Newspaper against their wishes?

Well as much as I know you can't trust what's written in the Sun (back in the day my Mum never recognized her stories when they bought them) . However taking what's been published at face value the Mum has fairly decent motives. The Beeb fella no matter what, is in damage limitation and the 20 year old, most likely will end up feeling deprived of a gold egg laying goose. Agree though it is the 20 year old life and their life choice.

 

[bimble]

if they got 35k from this one punter they're probably doing quite well aren't they, probably able to google 'good lawyers' . Dunno why everyone imagines they're skint and helpless.