Our children are not safe under a justice system routinely freeing leering paedophiles

Feeble justice

THE shameful leniency towards BBC paedophile Huw Edwards set an appalling and dangerous precedent.

The veteran newsreader walked free without a single day in prison despite having child abuse images in the most severe Category A — one involving a ­victim as young as seven.

Edwards was by no means the first pervert to profit from a judge’s generosity.

But his derisory sentence is now held up as a guide for others to follow.

And yesterday another sicko with ­similarly vile images, plus Class A drugs, was also handed a suspended term by a court encouraged to give him “parity” with Edwards.

The BBC’s star extraordinary let-off must not be the model for future judgements.

Indeed The Sun has demanded — via our Keep Our Kids Safe campaign — mandatory jail time for anyone caught with Category A images.

A Government sentencing review reports in the Spring.

We pray it concludes that, regardless of prison pressures, our children are not safe under a justice system routinely freeing leering paedophiles.

Zero clue

IF Britain ran on Ed Miliband’s hot air we would indeed be a global superpower.

We defy anyone to read his latest official Net Zero statement without coming close to tears of despair.

Hidden in this word salad of juvenile jargon and fashionable eco buzzphrases the Energy Secretary promises the moon on a stick:

A cleaner, healthier, more secure ­Britain, nature protected, fuel poverty slashed, “hundreds of thousands of good jobs” created, investment driven “into all parts of the UK” and the economy shielded from energy price shocks.

We will lead the world in all this, ­Miliband promises, adding ominously: “This is just the beginning.”

If “accelerating to Net Zero” was that easy, beneficial and profitable, instead of ruinous for family finances and the economy, the entire planet would be ­racing Miliband to the finish line. It’s not.

A heartfelt plea, then, to Keir Starmer:

Rein in this delusional, clueless zealot. Before it’s too late.

Tech muddle

THE Government’s woolly proposals aimed at preventing tech firms’ AI engines from freely helping themselves to copyrighted material risk making the problem worse.

“Boosting trust” between those companies and content creators, including news organisations, is all very well. So is “enhancing right-holders’ control” over their material. But they miss the point.

UK copyright law is clear enough.

What matters now is forcing AI firms under that law to be totally transparent about their sources . . . so copyright holders can bill them.