Forget McAlpine.

The furore over the BBC and Newsnight's 'naming' of Lord McAlpine in the North Wales abuse scandal, continues to divert attention from the real issue. In the original Waterhouse Inquiry, Steve Messham said that the McAlpine who abused him was dead - this was in 1991. McAlpine had a cousin, 'Jimmie' who lved in Chester and died during the mid 80's. This is the McAlpine, Messham was referring to. The BBC has come under intense scrutiny and attacks for publicising a heinous scandal that, in my opinion, has not been fully investigated. And the BBC ? It now transpires that Matthew Freud, son in law of Rupert Murdoch, is now advising the temporary Director General on News. A Murdoch with his hands on the reins of the BBC. A near bloodless coup. It beggars belief.