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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 22 Apr 24 2.48pm Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

Originally posted by eagleman13

Well now, according to the BBC, Huw Edwards has resigned.

He should have done that when the story broke. However it seems that the days of people resigning when they get caught out are long gone. They hang on for spurious reasons which most of us see as just getting paid for a long as possible.

If he does have mental health issues I wish him well. No doubt when he feels better he will pop up somewhere.

Update
I have just seen that the BBC said he did not get a pay off, so just the 9 months salary for not working then eh?

Edited by Badger11 (22 Apr 2024 2.50pm)

 


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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Great defence. Someone else might have done something differently.
Edward Marshall Hall would've been proud of that one.

It’s not a “defence”! There’s nothing to defend. It’s just a simple truth.

 


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Originally posted by Badger11

He should have done that when the story broke. However it seems that the days of people resigning when they get caught out are long gone. They hang on for spurious reasons which most of us see as just getting paid for a long as possible.

If he does have mental health issues I wish him well. No doubt when he feels better he will pop up somewhere.

Update
I have just seen that the BBC said he did not get a pay off, so just the 9 months salary for not working then eh?

Edited by Badger11 (22 Apr 2024 2.50pm)

Why on earth should he have resigned when the story broke? He denied he did anything wrong and so did the other party in the story, who contradicted what his mother had said to the Sun. How much was she paid I wonder?

His wife has been loyal and very supportive which speaks volumes to me. If she says he is ill and needs privacy then I tend to believe her.

My surprise is that the clinicians have advised him to resign. It’s a big salary to lose, so there must be some serious issues behind that.

 


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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

Why on earth should he have resigned when the story broke? He denied he did anything wrong and so did the other party in the story, who contradicted what his mother had said to the Sun. How much was she paid I wonder?

His wife has been loyal and very supportive which speaks volumes to me. If she says he is ill and needs privacy then I tend to believe her.

My surprise is that the clinicians have advised him to resign. It’s a big salary to lose, so there must be some serious issues behind that.

He denied any criminality not his poor behaviour, if you believe this is all made up I think you are in a minority.

As the face of BBC news he caused immense reputational damage to the company he worked for. Most corporations would have told him to resign or be sacked within days.


Edited by Badger11 (22 Apr 2024 4.02pm)

 


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He'll probably turn up as an MP with that CV

 


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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

It’s not a “defence”! There’s nothing to defend. It’s just a simple truth.

You're right. It's not even an explanation.

 

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Originally posted by Badger11

He denied any criminality not his poor behaviour, if you believe this is all made up I think you are in a minority.

As the face of BBC news he caused immense reputational damage to the company he worked for. Most corporations would have told him to resign or be sacked within days.


Edited by Badger11 (22 Apr 2024 4.02pm)

I thought he simply denied doing anything wrong without expanding. There’s no way the BBC could have sacked him. That would have cost them dearly in a wrongful dismissal tribunal action, and kept the story in the headlines with all the negative publicity that the tabloids would have put up. It’s nothing to do with what I believe. I don’t have an opinion on something that no one knows the detail about.

That the BBC has suffered reputational damage is undoubtedly true. Which is most likely what the Sun wanted in the first place. Remember who owns the Sun!

Maybe now this has happened we will learn some more. That probably depends on his wife now.

 


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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

You're right. It's not even an explanation.

Nothing to explain either. What was written could be read by all. No writer needs to justify how they approach a subject. If they feel the need they will.

 


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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

Nothing to explain either. What was written could be read by all. No writer needs to justify how they approach a subject. If they feel the need they will.

It's not an explanation to say that even though one person has done something another might not have.

 

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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle

I thought he simply denied doing anything wrong without expanding. There’s no way the BBC could have sacked him. That would have cost them dearly in a wrongful dismissal tribunal action, and kept the story in the headlines with all the negative publicity that the tabloids would have put up. It’s nothing to do with what I believe. I don’t have an opinion on something that no one knows the detail about.

That the BBC has suffered reputational damage is undoubtedly true. Which is most likely what the Sun wanted in the first place. Remember who owns the Sun!

Maybe now this has happened we will learn some more. That probably depends on his wife now.

No doubt he will choose to share his pain at some point. You can blame the Sun all you want but as your mate in the press will tell you "if you don't want bad press then don't get caught".

 


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Originally posted by Badger11

No doubt he will choose to share his pain at some point. You can blame the Sun all you want but as your mate in the press will tell you "if you don't want bad press then don't get caught".

Just a suggestion but if you don't want bad press don't pay a teenager lots of money to send you sexually explicit photographs.

 

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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Just a suggestion but if you don't want bad press don't pay a teenager lots of money to send you sexually explicit photographs.

Yup he's not denied that and the statements from the BBC seem to indicate that they believe that part of the story. That is why he should have resigned or been sacked.

It's completely unprofessional for a person of his age and status within an organisation that is as high profile as the BBC.

Suppose he had stayed how could he interview a politician who was being accused in a sex scandal which seems to happen daily.

Question: Why wont you resign?

Answer: Well you didn't

Question: It's not about me I'm the interviewer

Answer: Actually I think it is (deflecting).

Etc.

 


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