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The Spectator's Notes: Hunting down dirty old men is not a challenge to the current culture

Plus: The BBC acknowledges its rural failings; the march of the badgers; and the remarkable John Casey

5 July 2014

9:00 AM

5 July 2014

9:00 AM

‘A culture changes by example and a licentious old man being found guilty will help do that,’ says a leader in the Times. Perhaps, but I would be much more impressed if it were a licentious younger man. We can all moralise away in retrospect about what the BBC and others allowed Rolf Harris CBE or Sir James Savile to get away with.

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