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SkippyDoo
Chatty Member
These are not the messages Huw got in trouble for but common sense would suggest an adult shouldn’t talk to anyone (except a family member it’s normal to communicate with) online in private messages they know or suspect to be under 18, about anything.
If that wasn’t a condition of a BBC employment contract, especially with an account identifiable as being of a BBC employee, before now, I expect it’s in there now.
He'd probably still be on a waiting list to be fair.
thegossboss92
Well-known member
Article on that BBC Mission Statement video that was posted a few weeks ago.
“Myrie’s prominence on the video was not lost on some BBC staffers who tuned in for the all-hands digital meeting on September 12. With few now expecting the suspended presenter Huw Edwards to return to the corporation’s screens, Myrie is seen by many as the next “frontman” of BBC News.
“In a sense it’s already out there, isn’t it?” said one rival presenter. “Clive Myrie’s presenting the News at Ten.”
Any announcement about Myrie becoming lead presenter of the BBC’s flagship television news programme will not be made until Edwards’s fate is known. A fact-finding investigation by the BBC is said to have been completed, but it is not known when a resolution may be reached.”
archive.ph
“Myrie’s prominence on the video was not lost on some BBC staffers who tuned in for the all-hands digital meeting on September 12. With few now expecting the suspended presenter Huw Edwards to return to the corporation’s screens, Myrie is seen by many as the next “frontman” of BBC News.
“In a sense it’s already out there, isn’t it?” said one rival presenter. “Clive Myrie’s presenting the News at Ten.”
Any announcement about Myrie becoming lead presenter of the BBC’s flagship television news programme will not be made until Edwards’s fate is known. A fact-finding investigation by the BBC is said to have been completed, but it is not known when a resolution may be reached.”
Clive Myrie tipped to replace Huw Edwards at News at Ten
archived 30 Sep 2023 23:36:43 UTC
thegossboss92
Well-known member
I was thinking about this yesterday. Why the BBC are still quiet I really don’t know but I can imagine that from Huw’s pov, he needs to have a few things in order before it makes sense to break his silence (if he’s still interested in being a public person):Exactly. Why all the non-stories and no update from the BBC or from Huw?
- his employment situation with the BBC needs to be resolved. He needs to be either in or out and not in limbo waiting on what will happen with that. So he needs to be fired or reinstated or have a different role or retire. Just something definitive.
- he’s got some ‘splaining to do. Is he ready for that? Is he ready for the barrage of tabloids tearing him to pieces again?
- if no more BBC, he needs to know what’s next for him. Is he going to write a book? Is he “taking time out to work on himself?”. Is he getting divorced? Is he starting a B&B in the French countryside? Is he going to walk the Welsh coastal path? Just anything that he can talk about.
I would think that these are the minimum requirements for a confessional piece to make sense, even if it’s done in the most sensitive way.
As a side note, I’ve also wondered for weeks now if AC would want to hold off until the Christmas period to catch people when they are perhaps in a bit more charitable spirit but I don’t know whether that’s just a Hallmark fantasy or not.
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Huw's wife just used the mental health card which is very effective in these "#be kind times". Schofield tried to do the same in that interview but it didn't have the same effect as a wife trying to protect her poor husband who apparently had been hospitalised and was to be kept away from the world at all costs in order to work on his recovery..
ItsDatCuw
VIP Member
It definitely makes sense. As you say, he may just quietly “retire” at this point.
If that happens, would we even hear the outcome of the BBC’s internal investigation, I wonder? I mean would it still be considered as something of public interest, if he’s “retired” and is no longer in the public eye?
MarshMallowMonster
VIP Member
Hehehe!
I do wonder if HE and PS’s paths crossed. Professionally or else they were messaging the same young lads. Battle of the bare celeb arses!
I do wonder if HE and PS’s paths crossed. Professionally or else they were messaging the same young lads. Battle of the bare celeb arses!
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thegossboss92
Well-known member
Thumb slip or ?
thegossboss92
Well-known member
I agree with you here. Self-pity is not helpful. I can only imagine that is what part of the treatment is for, after the acute intervention part is done, is to help shift patients’ mindset and help them accept and move on?
I know nothing about mental health care and I assume its different for everyone but wallowing in self-pity probably ain’t it.
As always, I’ll be here on Tattle to goss about every snippet we hear. 🫡
ItsDatCuw
VIP Member
Muwsical Huw. 
Miss Havisham
VIP Member
Homophobia definitely exists - but I don’t believe that this is the issue here. The problem is older, successful, wealthy people (holding a position of power), taking advantage of the young and vulnerable.
if they had both left their wives for male partners - it would have been all over the daily mail for a day or two, before fizzling out. They would both still have their jobs.
It would be interesting to know whether he would still be considered "unfit" if he were in an NHS facility.
Phil Anne Throw Pee
VIP Member
Almost certainly not
Providing employees have complied with their obligations, the BBC will pay 18 weeks full pay and 9 weeks half pay in a rolling 12 month period during periods of health related absence.