joe.bloggs, I agree wholeheartedly with your post. Tom Watson should not feel threatened, nor should anyone who tries to expose paedophiles. The threats must be bad if he's voiced it, as not even the Murdoch empire scared him...

I was brought to tears yesterday sitting in my car in a supermarket car park whilst listening to a radio programme about paedophiles in Care Homes for children.  

A 50+ man described how as a 10 year old boy who suffered abuse from his mother father and step father was sent into care for his own protection in Wales. Initially things were fine until he was moved out of a dormitory location to his own room. Long story short he described his horror at discovering 2 men hidden under his bed - after he thought he had locked his door from the inside - who both took it in turns to rape him. His graphic description of this event was beyond upsetting to listen to. This went on for years with people working in the home and outside of it. He had been married for 24 years and had never told his wife and this was the first time he had spoken about it publicly and by the end he was about to break down by the sound of his voice. A very brave man indeed.

Eventually when I composed myself to get out of the car, I thought how has man physically evolved so much, but emotionally can still be so depraved to treat children in this way. It seems to me people like Savile and their ilk are just the tip of the iceberg.