Benjamin Butterworth

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Benjamin Butterworth

@benjaminbutter

Journalist and broadcaster. Senior reporter for @theipaper. Also written for @WashingtonPost and @guardian. Indefatigable.

[email protected] Katılım Mart 2009
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Proud to join 20,000 others and stand against anti semitism outside Downing Street
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Carrie Johnson has said there could be "up to 1,000, if not more" John Worboys victims, as she said she has been contacted by people who believe they were assaulted by the serial rapist. Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Johnson, the wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, recounted her encounter with Worboys and the journey she went through to give evidence against him.
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Half a million views on this post - doubled again in 24 hours 😯 Sharing this has led to numerous men who say he has assaulted or harassed them, as well as insiders, coming forward. I have a week of coffees & calls with people wanting to talk. Thank you to everyone who shared. Hinting at this publicly has proved very effective after years fighting in the dark. It is extraordinary how many other people who have worked with him recognise exactly who this is from only a vague description, while those in positions of responsibility continue to claim to know nothing and never heard from anyone else, while having dossiers of evidence on their desks.
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Good Morning Britain did nothing after being told it employed a man who solicited explicit photos of a teenage child who he then threatened, and who molested another on air talent. Susanna Reid celebrated that man *after* ITV was told. I invite you to sue me for this post. When you were told privately, repeatedly, of concerns, you were silent and kept him on air. It’s not going away.

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@benjaminbutter Can I ask what your plan/ end goal is ? Do you intend to name him and seek a prosecution, as I assume he is currently free to continue the alleged behaviour?
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(((Dan Hodges)))@DPJHodges·
*Breaking* Lee Andrews disappearance now seems to be linked to a mysterious “biker babe”. Apparently she is a “glamorous US navy veteran”. Lee seemed to have started following her (despite reports he was bound in the back of a “dirty van”).
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When did everyone stop watching ITV on a Saturday night? Last night's ratings are in... 2.3m Britain's Got Talent 875k Nobody's Fool
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Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧
Oh dear. BB confirms the shunning has started. The media industry is one of the most unequal. The biggest front-of-camera stars still get Lineker-class pay while the young people doing the research, looking after guests or fetching lattes sleep on mates' sofas and tolerate not ever having any money in return for a step on the ladder to the job of their dreams. While the economics of this tech-disrupted age might largely be to blame for the pay gap there is no excuse for the way so many are mistreated by the talent. Prima donna behaviour at one end of the bad behaviour spectrum and inappropriate sexual innuendo and advances at the other are far too common. Much worse than what I've seen at Westminster and Westminster isn't good. ALL POWER TO YOU BENJAMIN!
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I appreciate it, Tim. If I disappear from screens then it will become rather obvious what is going on. I should say that what you refer to has already happened: privately, I am well into the process of pursuing this man, and when I first came forward there are some employers I went from regular with for years to never asked again. Since sharing this publicly the other day a number of insiders have come forward, as well as a couple of victims, with information that has totally shocked me. Someone has to refuse to back down eventually to stop the abuse.

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Benjamin Butterworth
Benjamin Butterworth@benjaminbutter·
@robspitzy Exactly. But the increasingly obviously tone of Reform is that they are comfortable with legitimising cruelty and abuse if it is expedient
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Rob 🐝🎗🔰@robspitzy·
@benjaminbutter 100% with you. When the left do it, outrage, when the right, acceptable. (and vice versa depending on media platform) Such double standards. Both wrong, both un-British
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Many men on the right exposed themselves as wanting to legitimise cruelty this week by celebrating the abuse of Rachel Reeves.
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@Pete___Cole I’m the son of a painter decorator, and strangely I managed to come to the conclusion you shouldn’t swear at women in the street. Stop using class as an excuse for abuse - it’s an insult to the people your pretend to speak up for
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Pete Cole
Pete Cole@Pete___Cole·
@benjaminbutter Why are the left so fragile. In the real world, hard working tradesmen will always give it you straight
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