Huw Edwards

My heart goes out to all the people involved in the allegations and to Huw and his family, as this affects them equally, I hope he recovers from his current health issues quickly and clears the story himself.  Huw is a legend, has fronted the BBC current affairs department for over 2 decades and has been trusted to cover all of the major news events in that time, and has done so impeccably and with real empathy and compassion - something I hope he and his family receive in light of the current situation.

I too hope that if no criminality has been committed by Huw, and that nome of the so-called evidence of the allegations by the sun are proven credible, that Huw and others go after the sun for the gutter press that they are, and always have been.

What on earth is the argument here? The Sun publish a story which they clearly knew would get headlines & also lead to massive issues for a family. Nothing new there of course. However they try to hide behind the fact that it is for the public good yet, and here is the sting, they totally fail to corroborate the story with the apparent victim in this who is now 20 & deemed to be an adult. If they had they would have received a somewhat different, far less sensational story. 

Look Huw may well have his issues but it surely is not for me or any other contributor on this forum to denounce what he may or may not have done. It may not be our cup of tea, it may not be his wife's but it is not breaking the law & frankly it's nobody's business but theirs. Oracle has given a perfect example of how news outlets can knowingly print lies and the consequences are extremely damaging. What happened in America should be a lesson to us all. 

As for my sympathy - well I do feel sympathy for Huw, a fellow human being, who has been forced to watch his reputation as one of the foremost political journalists of our time take a total battering while he is not yet mentally capable of fighting back. Hopefully, in the not too distant future, he will be able to set the record straight. 

I guess its called benefit of the doubt - or innocent until proven guilty. Do you not feel any sympathy for someone who is in the public eye having their reputation tarnished by a as yet unproven story which the police have already confirmed was not unlawful. If you or I had done what Huw is alleged to have done would anyone bat an eyelid? I am lucky ( I think) that I have the skin of a rhino & have never suffered with depression or other mental health issues but I have seen the devastation close up with family members. Do I feel sorry for them - yes I certainly do; do I have sympathy - absolutely yes. 

He has also been prepared to back his words with action and is a Patron of the Llanelli branch of MIND, the mental health charity. 

Now that he needs help, I think he deserves sympathy and the time to get the treatment that he clearly needs at the present time. I also have so much sympathy for others who have been dragged in to this, including his wife and family.

If the Sun were so incensed about a 'crime' having been committed, I think the correct course of action would have been to pass any information and evidence to the Police and let them investigate. The Sun are not the judge and jury on this or any other case. Sadly this sort of story sells copy.

Not sure if he has resigned. In hospital with Mental Health issues. Let's not judge too quickly.

Personally I find it very sad hearing fellow posters taking the moral high ground on this issue but thats just my slant on it. On a lighter note I sold Huw a book online a year or so ago. Seeing an address in London combined with the fact that it was a book in Welsh I put two and two together and sent him an e-mail thanking him and wondering if he was the famous Huw Edwards. I received a lovely reply in Welsh.