[nickcarraway]

"Under caution," would be the U.S. equivalent of having been read your rights.

[Tax-chick]

The thing about accusations about the behavior, decades ago, of a man who is now dead is that the accusations cannot be proved or disproved. I suppose if Sir Edward had left verifiable holographic diaries, with names, dates, etc., that would be proof, but otherwise ...

Nothing.

[LouieFisk]

This just strike me as kind of funny:
“Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned over sex abuse claims if he was alive when they came to light”

To me it’s like announcing, “I would have bought a yacht if I won the lottery last week”.

[iowamark]

It seems unfair to discuss publicly such allegations about a dead person when there is no evidence. I am no fan of Ted Heath’s politics and think that it was a great victory when Mrs. Thatcher defeated him for Conservative Party leader.

[Nextrush]

Ted Heath was a CINO but the witch hunt’for sex offenders in the UK after the Jimmy Saville revelations has gone way over the top.

Sir Cliff Richard came off a multi year ordeal where his name was tarnished by a false allegation from the 1980’s.

There are some bad guys who were convicted and went to jail like Rolf Harris, but the whole atmosphere of secular sanctimonious self-righteousness is just too much.

[x]

Devil worship, murder and a thirst for human blood: £1.5m Ted Heath child sex abuse probe DISMISSED 35 'fantasy' accusations - as officers reveal just seven 'credible claims' after two years
Two-year investigation into Edward Heath has ended with no one facing charges
Ex-PM accused of rape, indecent assault and touching between 1956 and 1992
Police say they would have interviewed him over seven sexual abuse allegations
35 dismissed including claims of 'satanic sex cult' and murdering boys on yacht
Variety of claims made by 'rent boys' accusing him of abuse during sex sessions
One 'victim' found to have lied and given caution - another under investigation
Ex-PM's godson slams flawed investigation and say police encouraged fantasists
Top QC blasts 'disgraceful' police for report made to give 'bogus credibility'
In £1.5m probe police spent £34,542 on flights, car hire and public transport
They spent time interviewing his friends to see if ex-PM was 'completely asexual'

[Bodleian_Girl]

Seems like they shouldn’t call raping an 11 year old boy “having sex.”

[Henchster]

Make your own judgement, but my Gaydar is squawking on this picture.

[Chad N. Freud]

“X would have been questioned if serious accusations had been lodged against X when X were still alive” doesn’t exactly sound like a stop-the-presses material to me.

Name one deceased person X that statement could NOT apply to.

And since it focuses on a hypothetical situation that admittedly did not happen, it is the very definition of fake news.