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.

Anne Clywd, MP Asks For Jillings Report.

In a question to Commons leader Andrew Lansley, Anne Clwyd MP said: "Can I ask that the Jillings (North Wales Abuse) report be published? I saw it. I wasn't supposed to see it. It was shown to me. I saw it at the time. It was subsequently pulped by the then Clywd county council because they were afraid of the attitudes of the insurers. I would say please get the Jillings report published because it shows buggery, rape, bestiality, violent assaults and torture." If I had spoken to the people, and created the report, I would have been shouting it from the rooftops. (maybe thats just me?)