This Morning

What a country it is when the one asking the question is under more scrutiny than the Prime Minister.

Poor Philip, revealing the names of Conservatives as potential paedophiles with no evidence whatsoever.

Regardless of whether it was seen on air or not it was still an incredibly stupid thing to do. Firstly the exercise was disrespectful and pointless. Secondly having those names on a list in the studio is just asking for trouble. All 3 people involved knew that they couldn't mention any of the names but it's so easy to blurt out something you're not meant to if it's at the front of your mind. It could so easily have been the new John Leslie moment!

Probably a very good job for Pip that it's Friday tomorrow! The worst thing about the whole incident though is that it made me feel sorry for David Cameron!

Are you stupid?

He had a point, but was dealth with in completely the wrong way. I wish they'd stop running with the story anyway, it has died down everywhere else yet This Morning are still banging on about it. the way they're going, it will be easier to find out who isn't a paedophile. Hopefully this will be the event that finally puts his ego in check.

One hoped Schofe would leave TM this year what with it being his ten year anniversary with the programme. Nonetheless it's still trashy as ever nowadays, Eamonn Holmes seems to tame it somehow.

It's becoming a bit of a Daily Mail / News of the World hybrid at the moment with its agenda, and certainly not as fun as it was. I think Holly is brilliant, though.

If legal action is taken then it could well be time for Mr Schofield to leave. ITV would have to take action against him surely? I'm surprised he hasn't been suspended pending internal investigation. Regardless of whether the information is accurate, surely Phillip knows you don't believe everything you read on the Internet and what you do read cannot be used to assume someone is potentially guilty!

I do think he has got too big for his boots lately and seems to think he is a hard-hitting journalist and likes causing controversy. The recent "guinea pig gate" incident - Phillip had a point, he was in a country and he experienced that conry's culture, however, he knew posting pictures on twitter would cause outrage from some and he loved all the controversy surrounding it. I believe his comments were something like, "don't judge me". Maybe he should remember that when conducting interviews!

The thing is I'm not sure there is anyone to replace Schofield. Has it been said if the giving Cameron the list was the idea of Schofield or producers? It could be someone from behind the scenes who ends up taking the heat.

He's certainly gone very quiet on Twitter since yesterday. Not that DVB Cornwall will be any the wiser.

I don't recall ever hearing Schofe saying he was the next Paxman, and given his 10 years (and the rest) in non-children's television, he appears to be getting a raw deal here in terms of his interviewing credentials.

I have to say, a lot of the names circulating the net right now are probably nearer the truth than many in the establishment would like to admit (yet), so let's not take our eyes off the actual issue here.

Had the question been posed about interviewing the people accused of various scurrilous activities without the piece of paper (I.e. no one named on air, as such) there would have been the same answer and no fuss. The prop was the problem, not the query.

There's an establishment generated fizz about Schofield right now which is rather odd given the dizzying heights of political power some of the "Internet names" reached.

I think everyone needs to focus on the real issue and establish the facts in order that justice is achieved.

Any talk of Philip Schofield being "too big for his boots" is rather pathetic in comparison to the seriousness of the accusations afoot.

Eamonn pokes fun at it from within, Schofe things its innovative and revolutionary TV when its just Take a Break in TV form.



The issue is, he revealed the names so whether or not they are guilty, as far as the public are concerned, they are guilty. I'd expect more from someone who got their job because someone lost theirs for the same reason, and from someone who has on many occasions said that both victims and suspects should remain anonymous until proven guilty, it seems a tad hypocritical.

By all means he did have a very valid point, but the irony of the situation is, he's completely detracted from the issue by dealing with it in the way he has.

I don't blame Schofield at all, more the editorial agenda which has been slipping even further tabloid since Holly joined in 2009 which has led to this situation.