Sir Cliff: You Are The Quarry

The feeding frenzy begins!

Fagburn concluded many years ago that it's most likely Cliff Richard has never had sex with anyone, male or female.

Fagburn is away this weekend...

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PS The way the police have treated Cliff Richard is completely unacceptable Due process has been subverted in a case that raises urgent questions on civil liberties. Geoffrey Robertson QC, The Independent.

Update: Cliff Richard: The moral annihilation of a celebrity, a brilliant piece by Frank Furedi for Spiked.

The very public police raid on Cliff Richard’s home was a grotesque example of the pernicious inquisitorial spirit at the heart of today’s historic investigations of child abuse. The entire event was carefully stage-managed by the BBC and the police for the edification of the British public. The South Yorkshire police performed this piece of reality TV in the full knowledge that Richard was abroad on holiday. They could have organised their spectacle when the former pop star was at home – but no, they decided their actions would have a more dramatic impact if they had the whole stage to themselves. For them, what really mattered was that the live performance enacted at Richard’s home got as much media publicity as possible...