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All because I posted PHILLIP SCHOFIELD FOR PRIME MINISTER !!!!

Whats wrong with that, not holiday related i'll grant you , but its a bit harsh to disable my account for.

Think I'm going to write to the press
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  • qetu1357
    qetu1357 Posts: 1,013 Forumite
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    What Scholfield did was absolutely stupid.

    Hope he gets the sack.
  • Why what did he do qetu1357?

    From what I saw he asked the prime Minister for an assurance that he would look into child abuse claims thats all. and yes he gave him a list of names, names that the PM probably knew before hand

    How was that wrong?
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  • System
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    It was a cheap stunt. Getting a list of names off the Internet and then displaying them to the camera "by mistake" was out of order.

    Interestingly if you type in Philip Schofield on google one of the google auto options is "Philip Schofield gay" as he appears to be advocating the Internet is a haven for the truth that must be true....
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  • It wasn't a cheap stunt at all, he saw the oppertunity to highlight a issue to the PM, in his enthusiasm to deliver an important message (list of potential suspects) in public, it was caught on camera.... so what?

    These names on the list are all over the internet are they not?

    As for him being gay or not, well that has no relevance, and it his business, why is it interesting?
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  • System
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    Because he's not gay. It's an example of how the Internet has helped spread a rumour that isn't true.

    As has been proved yesterday lord mcalpine is innocent of this but his name was on that list.

    You seem to have this very naive view that if its on the Internet it must be true
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  • You don't have to look any further than the Lord McAlpine debacle to understand why this was just a silly stunt by Schofield - someone who really should know better!
  • pedro123456
    pedro123456 Posts: 815 Forumite
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    edited 10 November 2012 at 12:46PM
    Well I dont know and neither does anyone else yet, who is guilty or not, all Phillip Schofield did, was to bring the dirty washing out, nothing more nothing less.

    As for people being named well that unfortunate, people do get accused and they are completely innocent, its a statistic.

    A mistake may (or may not) have been made in highlighting an abuser, however the man who was abused as a child was indeed abused (allegedly) ......its now a case of "who" abused him?
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  • ankspon
    ankspon Posts: 2,371 Forumite
    So if your name was wrongly on a list that was inadvertently shown on tv would it not worry you,it would me as even though i know i would be innocent mud sticks.Schofield is becoming bigger than his boots .
  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
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  • Well I dont know and neither does anyone else yet, who is guilty or not, all Phillip Schofield did, was to bring the dirty washing out, nothing more nothing less.

    What dirty washing?
    All he had was a list of names obtained from various websites with no proof that any of the people had committed any crimes whatsoever.

    What Phillip Schofield did was to attempt a publicity stunt without considering the possible implications to himself, to ITV and to the people named on the list, which is something that you might expect from a newbie just starting out as a TV presenter, but not from someone who has been in the business as long as he has.

    If he was really that interested in ensuring that the names on the list were investigated, why didn't he just send the list to the police or give it to the PM off camera?
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