Now It's Getting Serious

Now that his chums in the self-regulating press have had their fun blaming the peccadilloes of Jimmy Savile on the BBC, Britain's Head Boy has been having a bit of a posture about the issue on a rival channel. Doubtless the recent allegations of involvement by Conservative politicians in child sex abuse have concentrated Daveybloke's mind: paedophilia makes for bad public relations and may on occasion interfere with sales. The prospect of a witch-hunt is even more serious, particularly if it should happen to be directed against real people instead of the workshy, the disabled or the dusky.