# Brits: potentially explosive Newsnight investigation tonight **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661 "2012-11-02T13:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/1 "2012-11-02T13:39:34Z")
So says [Order Order](http://order-order.com/2012/11/02/explosive-newsnight-in-pipeline/). Apparently a senior political figure will be revealed as a paedophile on the show tonight after an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, barring any legal problems. It’s all coming out now Savile is dead! ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/2 "2012-11-02T13:57:19Z")
Cheers for the “heads up”. There were those rumours a couple of weeks back but I dismissed them as conspiracy theory nonsense. But now … ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/3 "2012-11-02T14:16:34Z")
Great! a politician means that there is no chance of me thinking…“aw! I quite liked him too” (not that I liked Savile BTW, always found him creepy) ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/4 "2012-11-02T14:55:45Z")
Guess who ? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/5 "2012-11-03T10:38:49Z")
Well I didn’t see _Newsnight_, but apparently they didn’t name him. Does anybody know who the allegations are against? ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/6 "2012-11-03T11:21:28Z")
> **[UK Dopers, and anyone else following the story - do you think Jimmy Saville...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667351)** > > I have to say, when these allegations came out I did put them down to fame-hungry and/or mentally disturbed individuals out to besmirch an excellent fellow’s good name now that he was dead and unable to defend himself - indeed it was the timing that... The Jimmy Savile thread. In which **dimmy derko** says “Betfair have got Ken Clarke at odds of 6/4 and you can get 2/1 for Leon Brittan. Most punters seem to be throwing a few quid on Peter Mandelson at 100/1, more out of hope than anything.” ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/7 "2012-11-03T14:49:18Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > [UK Dopers, and anyone else following the story - do you think Jimmy Saville "dun it"? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=667351) > > The Jimmy Savile thread. > > In which **dimmy derko** says > > “Betfair have got Ken Clarke at odds of 6/4 and you can get 2/1 for Leon Brittan. Most punters seem to be throwing a few quid on Peter Mandelson at 100/1, more out of hope than anything.” This names the [old snake](http://tompride.wordpress.com/2012/11/02/newsnight-to-name-old-snake-foreign-office-spent-10000-re-stuffing-as-ken-clarke/)as Ken Clarke. However some people think it is Lord MacAlpine with a side helping of Derek Laud. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/8 "2012-11-03T14:51:43Z")
You’re just making up British-sounding names, right? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/9 "2012-11-03T19:47:35Z")
For older people, do you remember Lord Boothby ? I assume that he’s dead now, but he used to appear on Radio 4, on I think, “Whats My Line” or something. He and one of the Krays used to have sexwith young lads. Allegedly. ---
**Author:** ![dimmy\_derko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dimmy\_derko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dimmy_derko)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/10 "2012-11-03T19:50:37Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You’re just making up British-sounding names, right? If there’s a Richard Fondlebottom out there he’d better be squeaky clean. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/11 "2012-11-03T20:08:14Z")
You leave my dad out of it ! ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-potentially-explosive-newsnight-investigation-tonight/639661/12 "2012-11-03T21:36:19Z")
Of course his friends called him Dickie