RMT union boss references death of Caroline Flack and suggests there should be tighter regulation ‘to protect vulnerable people’
Mick Lynch has called the British press a “disgrace” and said more regulation is needed in the wake of the Huw Edwards scandal.
The general secretary of the RMT union said the rules should be tightened up to “protect the individual” as he claimed the media will “hound and chase everybody that they can if they think it suits their agenda”.
It comes after Edwards was identified as the BBC presenter facing allegations over payments for sexually explicit images, first reported by The Sun.
The claims about an unnamed individual emerged last week and dominated the news agenda, leading to widespread speculation about the person’s identity.