Gregg Wallace: BBC Ignores Warnings Over Conduct of Pretentious Presenter

Gregg Wallace - that's Gregg with two "g"s and don't you dare forget it - is the latest "talent" to besmirch the reputation of the BBC.

The 60-year-old Masterchef host stands accused of making a string of inappropriate comments to woman he described yesterday as being "middle-class" and "of a certain age".

The comments are said to be of misogynistic and sexualised nature, as outlined in the allegations below.

Dr Kate Tomas, a contestant on Masterchef back in 2008, accused Wallace of "sexually harassing" her.

She left the programme just before the quarter finals, but declined an invitation to appear in a follow-up because of the impression Wallace had left on her.

Speaking on TikTok, Dr Tomas said: "I refused to go back because of him. I complained at the time, but nothing was said, nothing was done.

"He is disgusting. He is repulsive. Anyone who knows me will know my deep fucking hatred for this man."

Dr Tomas went on to describe how, in her view, Wallace was a "racist piece of shit", which she supported with a claim that he had feigned an Indian accent when speaking to an Asian crew member.

Former Newsnight anchor Kirsty Wark appeared in the 2011 series of Celebrity Masterchef.

Speaking to BBC News last week, Ms Wark recounted filming in a retirement home.

"Gregg Wallace came in and launched into a story of a sexually inappropriate nature about his now former wife," she said.

Ms Wark recalled how cast and crew were left uncomfortable by Wallace's comments, which she described as "one way traffic" with no-one else encouraging the conversation.

Author Emma Kennedy appeared in the 2012 series of Celebrity Masterchef.

Recalling Wallace's interaction with a crew member, she said: "The photographer had a young female assistant and she bent over and in front of me. Gregg went over and went 'corr!' with his hands over her arse."

Ms Kennedy said she complained about Wallace's behaviour at the time.

Television presenter Kirstie Allsopp met Wallace in the green room during the filming of a pilot episode. She recalls that Wallace was in the company of his then partner, who left the room for some reason.

Ms Allsopp said that the moment the woman left the room Wallace started boasting about the "sex act" the couple performed every morning.

Ms Allsopp remembers feeling flushed and embarrassed at the unprofessional topic of conversation.

Wallace denies the allegations against him. Given his chippy social media video yesterday, he's clearly aggrieved that "middle-class women" are picking on the "working-class grocer's boy".

It should come as little surprise that the conduct of the repugnant Londoner has been on the BBC's radar for at least the past decade.

In time honoured BBC fashion, it appears to have simply brushed the matter under the carpet and allowed everything to carry on as normal - just like it did with noncey news man Huw Edwards only a few months ago.

This is yet another demonstration of the BBC's inability to tackle wrongdoing and keep its house in order.

The whole organisation is rotten from the head downwards. It wants euthanised at the earliest opportunity.

Further anti-BBC reading:

• Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
• The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)

TV Licensing Prosecutes Woman Detained Under Mental Health Act

There are seemingly no depths TV Licensing wont sink to in order to secure either a licence sale or conviction.

The BBC's scummy revenue generation arm has been at it again, this time with news that it decided to prosecuted a woman detained under the Mental Health Act.

The 32-year-old woman told the TV Licensing goon visiting her property that she was "not feeling well" and revealed that she had post traumatic stress disorder and trouble keeping up with her finances.

You'd think that would be a red flag to most decent people that her case needed closer investigation, but the shysters at TV Licensing decided to haul her to court anyway.

The woman, who admitted the offence of TV licence evasion, was prosecuted via the Single Justice Procedure.

In her letter of mitigation to the court, she said: "I have been in hospital since June of this year and have been struggling with my mental health for a long period (of) time.

"I did not intentionally not pay my TV licence, but due to my mental state during the time of the offence I forgot to pay and I am sincerely sorry."

Given the circumstances the magistrate dealing with the case decided to step away from their guidelines and impose an absolute discharge. This effectively marks the offence, but there is no other punishment.

However, it is yet another case that should never have made it as far as court.

Following the goon's doorstep interaction with the woman, alarm bells should have been ringing at TV Licensing that there was no public interest in prosecution. Even so, it could sense blood - and an easy result - so decided to press on with prosecution regardless.

TV Licensing told the Evening Standard that it was unaware of the woman's circumstances - not that you can believe a word uttered by TV Licensing.

A TV Licensing PR harlot said: "Our primary aim is to help people stay licensed and avoid prosecution, which is always a last resort.

"We followed established process in this case and asked for further information, however, details the customer provided to the court were not made available to TV Licensing.

"We will now contact the customer to review her case."

Yada, yada, yada - yet more TV Licensing bullshit. We've heard it time and time again. If it's not bullying the dead and bereaved, it's threatening people who have already paid.

There's not a day goes by where TV Licensing, acting fully in accord with its corrupt BBC paymasters, demonstrates how utterly clueless, incompetent and morally void it really is.

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Further anti-BBC reading:

• Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
• The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)

Government in Talks to Decriminalise the BBC TV Licence Fee

The Government is in talks to decriminalise the BBC TV licence fee.

Good news, if true, but we've heard it all before!

According to reports led by The Sunday Times the Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, and the Justice Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, are said to be in agreement that the criminal enforcement of the TV licence fee is no longer appropriate.

The pair are said to be very concerned about the disproportionate number of women criminalised for TV licence evasion.

The high proportion of women being prosecuted arises from the fact that they are far more likely to be at home when a TV Licensing goon calls.

This is particularly true of (invariably) younger women looking after young children at home. The unemployed and disabled people are also more likely to be at home during the day and answer the door to TV Licensing.

It is also believed that women are more likely to be cooperative, talkative and trusting when engaging with a TV Licensing goon, so they are far more likely to divulge information leading to a prosecution.

Human rights lawyer Cherie Blair KC told The Sunday Times it was "absurd" that a third of all female criminal prosecutions were in relation to TV licence evasion.

Demonstrating her ignorance about how the offence is punished, Blair continued: "The cost of those women's places in prison, the impact on their children, the fact that they'll probably lose their accommodation - I mean, what is the sense in that? There is absolutely no sense in it whatsoever."

Despite Blair's cluelessness we support her view that the continued criminal enforcement regime is perverse.

A TV Licensing spokesperson said: "TV Licensing enforcement policy has not changed, and we have a duty to enforce the law when there is evidence that someone has avoided paying for a TV licence.

"What we have done is made considerable efforts to help people get licensed and offer help and support. So while we take appropriate action where necessary, we work hard to support those most in need, offering a number of concessions and payment plans to ensure people can obtain a licence in the way that suits them best.

"Our focus on collecting the licence fee fairly and efficiently ensures that the overwhelming majority of households are correctly licensed."

You can be fairly confident the BBC will fight tooth and nail to avoid the decriminalisation of the TV licence fee. The BBC knows fine well that the threat of a criminal conviction is enough to scare people into paying, even if they have no legal reason to do so.

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Further anti-BBC reading:

• Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
• The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)