Norman Scott of Jeremy Thorpe

April 7, 2022. BBC Breakfast

[@gajlambert4008]

Horrific. I’m very proud to call Norman my friend, a dear, generous, creative spirit, a rare and unique gentleman. A true survivor. Cheers to you Norman. 🥰

[@questionmark9819]

Bless him ❤

[@Ray-xh6gb]

I felt sorry for the poor dog was killed they upset him badly

[@awakeningwithreiki9451]

Such an elegant, open, dear soul, he was the VICTIM and the state and power of the commons used and hurt him.

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

Who was it who "gave" him this place he's lived in for 35 years? And why? Even if it was ruined, where did he get the money to make it habitable? It wasn't as if he was capable of earning a good salary even at the best of times.

[@awakeningwithreiki9451]

The guilty

[@michaelharrison3602]

The mans been living off this story for decades

[@Ray-xh6gb]

A lovely dog was killed

[@mickyboy7586]

Yes that was unforgivable

[@michaelharrison3602]

Let down by the establishment? Thorpes career was deestroyed and hes now dead while Scott is still alive and living comfortably as a result of everything that happened. The only real victim was the dog

[@Ray-xh6gb]

There are gay MPs today

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Er, yes. Your point being? Have you really not understood that it was illegal back then? We have moved on - not quite sure you've joined us.

[@sail1948]

Scott of the Arseantics.

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Grow up. That's such a stupid "joke", as funny as 'flu.

[@sail1948]

@@RobertJonesWightpaint You need to lighten up mate.

[@Ray-xh6gb]

Thorpe was bi not gay he married aswellto cover it up so what if he was maybe we will have a openly gay pm one day somebody knew what was going to happen

[@aaropajari7058]

Scott was as manipulative as Thorpe.

[@perfectlywild88]

True .

[@sallyleggett9024]

He always played, and still plays the victim

[@ABC_DEF]

Possibly. But Scott never raped anyone. Nor did he try to kill anyone.

[@aaropajari7058]

@@ABC_DEF Yes. Indeed.

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

@@ABC_DEF Well not that we know of.

[@michaelharrison3602]

It's a memory that's so horrid that I've never shut up about it .without it he'd be just another bitter old gay man

[@daphne6745]

Norman, you have all my admiration. God bless you. X

[@merseydave1]

Yes!.

[@afritimm]

They never bother to ask what might have driven Thorpe to do this. Maybe it was a decade of extortion threats from Scott?

[@derrick9635]

Imagine all the storys we never hear of ,thousands of them .

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

Has anyone read his book, and if so, what's it like?

[@margarethoxha]

I am reading the book currently. It;s an amazing book. Very, very well-written. A real eye-opener.

[@oconnorphilip]

It's a pretty good book, well worth a look

[@georgegrimes499]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@michaelharrison3602]

My life is really hard .what with being given a grade one listed house a book deal and interview fees it must be

[@michaelharrison3602]

How do you not hear an unsilenced gun?

[@Ray-xh6gb]

I don't think thorpe wanted to kill him but I think it was people higher up who where behind it as for thope bring bisexual was true and reallywhy was it a crime in them days if thorpe was gay or bi so what

[@2eleven48]

You clearly have an astonishing ignorance about the laws that prevailed at that time. Furthermore, Thorpe married as an expedient because rumours were circling that he was homosexual (in the language of the time) and he had to present himself as 'normal', particularly as there was a strong suggestion that he would be the next Leader of the Liberal Party. And who, really, were these people 'higher up' who would go to the lengths of bumping off Scott? That's merely conspiracy theorising. Indeed, Thorpe's downfall would have been met with glee by the other political parties.

[@Ray-xh6gb]

I don't think thorpe wanted to kill him but I think it was people higher up who where behind it as for thope bring bisexual was true and reallywhy was it a crime in them days if thorpe was gay or bi so what

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Thorpe directed them, pointed them in the direction of murder - they would never have done it, or felt any need to do it, without his encouragement: he was eaten up by ambition and no one could be allowed to get in his way; the man was corrupt to the core.

[@Ray-xh6gb]

Is norman Scott gay today

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

I would have thought so. And yesterday and tomorrow too I'd wager.

[@darrendocherty]

@@Psmith-ek5hq He was sodomised frequently for 5 years.

[@AnCoilean]

Bisexual

[@michaelharrison3602]

No he found out it made his eyes water

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

A better title for his book would be "Scott of the Arse Antics".

[@darrendocherty]

Jeremy sodomised him for 5 years, Frequently, & norman received lodging/work & cash.

[@2eleven48]

Only a closeted gay b+tch would think of that.

[@mickyboy7586]

😴😴😴

[@2eleven48]

​@@mickyboy7586....Hi! Thanks for the response, but I've intention of hunting through the thousands of emojis to find what this one means. Enlighten me, briefly, in English. In the meanwhile, keep well. Robert, uk.

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

Vulgar and stupid - you should be ashamed of yourself.

[@Ray-xh6gb]

I don't think it matters that thorpe was gay I don't think he shot or tryed to murder him but does it matter if MPs are gay today we could have openly gay leader of a party there always says thing it was rumoured heath was gay because he hated women so he and thorpe could of got on well

[@Psmith-ek5hq]

I've heard worse rumours about Heath than him being gay.

[@2eleven48]

@@Psmith-ek5hq...So, go on, don't beat around the bush, tell us.

[@RobertJonesWightpaint]

@@Psmith-ek5hq So have I - and those rumours are crap. It mattered THEN that Thorpe was homosexual, or - if you like - bi-sexual. But what matters now is that Thorpe was a criminal who should have gone to prison, but didn't because a corrupt establishment and half-witted judge coalesced around him in a protective wall.