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 Badger11  Beckenham 09 Jul 23 8.19am |
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Originally posted by YT
I haven't read this, but he can only mean general taxation. You couldn't possibly set up and run a separate earnings-related charging system merely to collect about £4bn a year as it would cost far more than that to operate. It would be madness. Your gripe about having to pay for something you "don't really use" applies, of course, to everything paid for through taxation. For example, people who have no children pay fortunes in tax so that other people's sprogs can receive an education opportunity that many of them then squander. The list of examples is endless. Sure but some things are essential to society e.g. healthcare, police, social care and education. I don't object to paying my share but I'll be dammed if I am expected to pay more for entertainment just because somebody else wants to watch the BBC. Let's compromise say everybody in the country has to pay a nominal £10 pa levy for the BBC, now in addition to that each viewer household is charged for their usage just like a utility bill, I would accept that. Edited by Badger11 (09 Jul 2023 8.25am)
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Teddy Eagle  09 Jul 23 8.29am |
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Originally posted by YT
It's nothing to do with a trendy pronoun. It's basic English usage that dates back decades. Either the parent, the reporter or both don't want to identify the gender of the child, hence they continually use "the child" or "my child". The correct pronoun for such a situation is 'they", unless you use the more clumsy"he or she". It was meant to be a joke but thanks for the grammar lesson.
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| eritheagle Erith 09 Jul 23 8.37am |
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One of the BBC’s most well known presenters being investigated for paying a teenager for explicit pictures!!! Let the speculation and guessing begin!
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 8.40am |
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Originally posted by YT
Thanks. I stand corrected, but the article I first read yesterday morning didn't identify the gender of the child and I haven't read any others. I think I may need to apologise. Today’s articles describe the child as they, so could be either. I am sure yesterday mother was quoted as saying she. Presumably we will know at some point
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| Spiderman Horsham 09 Jul 23 8.42am |
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Originally posted by eritheagle
One of the BBC’s most well known presenters being investigated for paying a teenager for explicit pictures!!! Let the speculation and guessing begin! If you were a BBC presenter who is not involved, you must be livid that no name has been divulged.
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ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 09 Jul 23 8.59am |
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Originally posted by Tunbridge
I've noticed some of the people who think are good blokes on here, think I'll stick with Gary. You like the Rolex's, mansions and flash cars paid for by the licence fee - that's nice. At least he took in a refugee and just did it out of the goodness of his heart. He didn't make anything of it.
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| Teddy Eagle 09 Jul 23 9.07am |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
If you were a BBC presenter who is not involved, you must be livid that no name has been divulged. When does the BBC concede the reputational damage is greater from having their presenters involved in speculation than from naming the individual?
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| Badger11 Beckenham 09 Jul 23 9.09am |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
If you were a BBC presenter who is not involved, you must be livid that no name has been divulged. Livid yes and no doubt the name will emerge over the next few days regardless of guilt or innocence.
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| eritheagle Erith 09 Jul 23 9.13am |
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Originally posted by Spiderman
If you were a BBC presenter who is not involved, you must be livid that no name has been divulged. Kevin O’Sullivan on TalkTV yesterday said we will be astonished when we find out who it is. I hope it’s not Angela Rippon!!!
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| The Dolphin 09 Jul 23 9.22am |
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As we are the people who pay this perverts wages then we are entitled to know his identity.
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 9.22am |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
It was meant to be a joke but thanks for the grammar lesson. Well your "joke" was made in support of someone who was incorrectly asserting that the presenter was a similar age to the victim, therefore I'm afraid you have reaped what you have sown.
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| Teddy Eagle 09 Jul 23 9.28am |
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Originally posted by YT
Well your "joke" was made in support of someone who was incorrectly asserting that the presenter was a similar age to the victim, therefore I'm afraid you have reaped what you have sown. OK, in the future anything posted will be plastered with emojis to clarify the intention for those who take themselves too seriously.
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| Midlands Eagle 09 Jul 23 9.31am |
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I wonder why the enraged mother went to The Sun instead of going to the police
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| eritheagle Erith 09 Jul 23 9.34am |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
I wonder why the enraged mother went to The Sun instead of going to the police Is it an illegal offence though? 17 year old drug addict paid for pictures. And the mother complained to the bbc 6 weeks ago but they did nothing (obviously their own history has taught them nothing) and that’s why she has now gone to the Sun! Edited by eritheagle (09 Jul 2023 9.40am)
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| Mapletree Croydon 09 Jul 23 9.57am |
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Originally posted by eritheagle
Is it an illegal offence though? 17 year old drug addict paid for pictures. And the mother complained to the bbc 6 weeks ago but they did nothing (obviously their own history has taught them nothing) and that’s why she has now gone to the Sun! Edited by eritheagle (09 Jul 2023 9.40am) And you know this how? The individual whose parents complained appears unprepared to corroborate their parents story. Justice is a requirement for both sides. An allegation from a third party is simply that.
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 10.43am |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
OK, in the future anything posted will be plastered with emojis to clarify the intention for those who take themselves too seriously.
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| YT Oxford 09 Jul 23 10.54am |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
And you know this how? The individual whose parents complained appears unprepared to corroborate their parents story. Justice is a requirement for both sides. An allegation from a third party is simply that. I'm with you on that, Mapletree. It's all heresay at the moment. There's no actual evidence of a crime having been committed. Indeed someone who joked about the alleged recipient not paying tax on the proceeds perhaps has a valid point; even 17 year olds are subject to tax law. Mrs YT speculated that it could have been a case of blackmail that's backfired so run to the papers. I'm even a bit surprised at the flak the BBC is taking. If someone went to the papers and made such an allegation about an employee of (say) ASDA, would there be an expectation for ASDA to investigate it and pressure for them to name the employee? Fair enough that sordid goings-on are likely to affect your career prospects, but the activity that's taken place is nothing to do with the employer where it's done in the employee's own time.
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| Badger11 Beckenham 09 Jul 23 11.00am |
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Originally posted by YT
I'm with you on that, Mapletree. It's all heresay at the moment. There's no actual evidence of a crime having been committed. Indeed someone who joked about the alleged recipient not paying tax on the proceeds perhaps has a valid point; even 17 year olds are subject to tax law. Mrs YT speculated that it could have been a case of blackmail that's backfired so run to the papers. I'm even a bit surprised at the flak the BBC is taking. If someone went to the papers and made such an allegation about an employee of (say) ASDA, would there be an expectation for ASDA to investigate it and pressure for them to name the employee? Fair enough that sordid goings-on are likely to affect your career prospects, but the activity that's taken place is nothing to do with the employer where it's done in the employee's own time. I was with you up to this point. Assuming he has not broken the law but the paying for explicit pictures if true then he has to be sacked. Most large corporates have a policy regarding reputational damage and I think this falls clearly into that category however it needs to be proven. Edited by Badger11 (09 Jul 2023 11.21am)
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 09 Jul 23 11.10am |
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Originally posted by Stirlingsays
Apparently we are being told that BBC presenters exist who aren't actually sex offenders.....but they are trying to keep that quiet. From what I'm hearing about who it is, if that's true, they won't be singing in the valleys when they hear it.
Could this possibly mean there will no more 'Snowman' at xmas?
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| Midlands Eagle 09 Jul 23 11.13am |
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Originally posted by YT
It's all heresay at the moment. Oh dear Mr Pedant. I assume that you mean hearsay?
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