Newsnight claims ‘leading Tory from Thatcher years was part of paedophile ring who raped boys

BBC sparks new fury by failing to NAME ‘shadowy’ politician

MARTIN ROBINSON and LEON WATSON
UK Daily Mail
Nov 3, 2012

BBC’s Newsnight has sensationally claimed that a ‘leading politician from the Thatcher years’ was embroiled in a widespread paedophile ring – and repeatedly raped boys from a children’s home.

Alleged victim Steven Messham told reporters he was raped ‘more than a dozen times’ by the man, described on the programme as a ‘shadowy figure of high public standing’.

But despite a string of damning allegations, Newsnight reporters said it didn’t have ‘enough evidence’ to name the politician, sparking angry claims on Twitter that the Beeb ‘bottled it’.

The revelation came just hours after MPs suggested the Corporation aired the controversial programme to act as a ‘smokescreen’ after it failed to broadcast allegations that Jimmy Savile was a paedophile last year.

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This article was posted: Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 9:44 am

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