Establishment behaviour has changed too - in the past they just ignored Saville's abuse or hoped it would stop. These days the PM thinks the UK population is so stupid he can go on TV and advocate for a guy who hospitalises his colleagues. Plenty of people seem to think he's got good judgement. I wonder whether the victim would be receiving death threats if Cameron had said categorically that physical violence should have no place in the working lives of UK citizens.
I don't think that most people would disagree. It seems he went to the pub, came back hungry, and took a swing at his producer in a booze-fuelled melt-down. I don't approve or excuse that behaviour in any way and I'm sure that if his victim wishes to press charges, he will get a fair hearing and JC might be convicted of something. I don't know if he has a long history of bullying. He certainly has a long history of winding people up. To compare that stuff to Saville, and the BBC's response to him, is ludicrous. The "it's all on the same spectrum" argument is risible, IMVHO.
It's not intended to. It's intended to point out that the BBC isn't very good at facing up to the bad behaviour of its stars.
But isn't there a tendency to smear the issues a bit?
