UK politician accused of intercourseually abusing boys

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By NBC News staff and wire servicesThe BBC current affairs program "Newsnight" on Friday night aired allegations that a senior Conservative politician from the Margaret Thatcher era had intercourseually abused boys in the 1970s and 1990s as part of a scandal involving children's homes in North Wales.

Follow @NBCNewsWorld But the BBC stopped short of naming the politician, bringing a torrent of tweets criticizing its report.

Earlier Friday, The Telegraph newspaper reported that  former Newsnight presenter Michael Crick tweeted: "'Senior political figure' due to be accused tonight by BBC of being paedophile denies allegations + tells me he'll issue libel writ agst BBC."

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