what a hoot !

it's getting madder by day. And poor old Tosspot thinks he is going to stop all this

The story in the Guardian got me very confused...Soon as a saw the words "Disgraced Presenter". Amazing what a one way non story can put forward.

Maybe they've confused Jim, with Jim Callaghan! As in the words of "Leader Of The Pack", as used by Chris Hill's "Renta Santa" in 1975..."Is that Jimmy's ring, you're wearing?". Some Conservatives are saying to their leader "Wake up Maggie".

Well Tosspot is all in a tizzie - seems to think JS was controlling the Thatcher Govt for his own "sordid ends" and that they are hiding documents that will prove that!

Loads of evidence that he was a tireless and successful champion for the disabled and the abused and voiceless.

No proof whatsoever that he took advantage of any young women.

JK2006 wrote:
Loads of evidence that he was a tireless and successful champion for the disabled and the abused and voiceless.

No proof whatsoever that he took advantage of any young women.
Though maybe we may find some proof, that many women today, have taken advantage of the story...

Very interesting National Archives piece (Savile/Thatcher) on Radio 4's UK Confidential last Friday showed just how well Savile played the political/charity card when raising funds for Stoke Mandeville. This, with the exception of should-know-better Martha Kearney's intro: "... as we now know, Jimmy Savile was possibly Britain's worst serial child abuser". Perhaps she should have said "... as we now know, the media totally believes its own fodder, regardless of proof, evidence or innocent until proven guilty trial"?

Worth checking the piece out (43 minutes in), which features some good 'now then, now then' mimicry interspersed with archive Jim'll Jinx It footage:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pgksh/UK_Confidential_1982/

Also of interest - I've just returned from a birthday party where I met a very attractive, confident 45 year old woman who positively incandesced (made up word?) at somebody's mention of the name Jimmy Savile. "All I can say" she fumed "is that I spent an entire afternoon alone in a flat with Jimmy Savile when I was 14 years old. He behaved like a complete gentleman, was a total delight and I utterly refuse to jump on this dreadful bandwagon witch hunt against him".

One supposes a TV programme containing hundreds (if not thousands) of similar 'claimants' would not warrant any airtime whatsoever.

Titanicboy wrote:
Very interesting National Archives piece (Savile/Thatcher) on Radio 4's UK Confidential last Friday showed just how well Savile played the political/charity card when raising funds for Stoke Mandeville. This, with the exception of should-know-better Martha Kearney's intro: "... as we now know, Jimmy Savile was possibly Britain's worst serial child abuser". Perhaps she should have said "... as we now know, the media totally believes its own fodder, regardless of proof, evidence or innocent until proven guilty trial"?

Worth checking the piece out (43 minutes in), which features some good 'now then, now then' mimicry interspersed with archive Jim'll Jinx It footage:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pgksh/UK_Confidential_1982/

Also of interest - I've just returned from a birthday party where I met a very attractive, confident 45 year old woman who positively incandesced (made up word?) at somebody's mention of the name Jimmy Savile. "All I can say" she fumed "is that I spent an entire afternoon alone in a flat with Jimmy Savile when I was 14 years old. He behaved like a complete gentleman, was a total delight and I utterly refuse to jump on this dreadful bandwagon witch hunt against him".

One supposes a TV programme containing hundreds (if not thousands) of similar 'claimants' would not warrant any airtime whatsoever.
Very probably you could put together a programme of ladies, that would stick up for Jimmy, that would out weigh the number, that have accused the poor fella.