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[poliphilo]

"Serious questions," says David Cameron, Yes, certainly, - but not only for the BBC.

Jimmy Savile pervaded the British state and its institutions. The smell of him is everywhere. Did the princes, politicians and other high-ups who relished his company (Charles employed him as a kind of marriage guidance counsellor, Thatcher had him round to Christmas dinner, Ken Clarke gave him the keys to Broadmoor) simply like the cut of his jib or did they have tastes in common? Were they fooled by him, or were they complicit? 

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I spent much of yesterday poking around in the undergrowth of the Savile affair. It left me very jaundiced.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine.

Do you recall the Marc Dutroux affair? I'd have said those rumors were far-fetched, then comes Savile and...well...you just don't know, do you?

Back in the good old days, a gentleman of parts could diddle all the kiddies his comparative wealth and privilege allowed, should he take a mind to. Deep economic injustice makes every market a buyer's market and it is to just such days that the conservatives long to return.

So, in a way, what does it matter? In the grand scheme of things, how could the added charge of pedophilia make these horrid people any more monstrous than they already are?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I remember the Dutroux affair.

As far as I can see those "good old days" never went away. Wealthy and important child abusers still mostly get away with it.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

I fear it's true but then there's men like our Jerry Sandsuky, and his much beloved enabler, Joe Paterno, that are taken down in spectacular fashion and very much to most everyone's surprise.

The Red Beanie and Carpet Slipper Brigade may actually be running out of road, as well. Not holding my breath, mind you, but unless they succeed in making this a fascist state, as they're certainly trying their damnedest to do, they've squandered whatever stock of goodwill they might have enjoyed and their goose is probably cooked.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Tom Watson, the Labour MP who pursued the Murdochs, has just asked a question in the House about a paedophile ring in or connected to Downing Street. The authorities are working very hard to keep all this stuff under wraps but the volume of material released by the Savile affair may simply overwhelm them.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Tom Watson, the Labour MP who pursued the Murdochs, has just asked a question in the House about a paedophile ring in or connected to Downing Street.

Oh my!

I saw rumor of this in one of the more rank digital fens, yesterday afternoon, without realizing that it was more than mere conspiracy mongering. If Righton was convicted in '92, that would be John Major's premiership, wouldn't it?

Oh my!