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Child Abuse
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2023-06-13
The Good Law Project highlights that the world can be an unsafe place for children.
It stands to reason that predatory people will know where to look for their prey, so it isn't really surprising that the Scouts (no doubt alongside other institutions) may feature on the list for paedophiles.
So a reminder that it's everybody's responsibility to be aware of the possibilities and to take appropriate safeguards, is useful.
The GLP also highlight the assertion that the Scout Association "did their best to downplay what had happened" - which is understandable from the marketing viewpoint of course.
So the idea of a central point that may be contacted by those who wish to put forward their own experiences is perhaps a useful contribution to greater transparency and safety, and may ultimately permit a better understanding of the extent of the problem.
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2023-05-31
An excellent report from PCPW on the 17th of May protest outside Parliament -
"It should never have been necessary in any country that prides itself on fair play and decency to have to campaign and gather in public to advocate for the safety of children"
Indeed so, yet we have now come to the stage where black is white, up is down, and wrong is right. There is no rhyme or reason to it, except to convince people that the battle is lost, even kids are fair game, and resistance is futile.
Wrong on all counts.
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2023-05-25
A system seemingly as old as the hills and just as hard to knock over.
Martin Geddes brings us up to date with the view from the bottom, the view of those who have encountered the system at first hand, who have experienced it as individuals, and have been through it and know it very personally.
"There is a national emergency that most people cannot comprehend"
"We are stonewalled by the authorities at every opportunity"
"We cannot let this continue ... every town and city in the entire country is the same"
This is the story of our times, we just never knew it.
(12 minutes)
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2023-01-23
This time it's the Home Office in the cross-hairs, according to the Observer as reported by the Guardian.
"Dozens of asylum-seeking children have been kidnapped by gangs"
"A whistleblower ... and child protection sources describe children being abducted off the street outside the hotel and bundled into cars"
" ... the Home Office was warned repeatedly by police that the vulnerable occupants of the hotel – asylum-seeking children who had recently arrived in the UK without parents or carers – would be targeted by criminal networks"
But is it just a one-off?
" ... the ... whistleblower also described witnessing children being in effect trafficked from a similar hotel run by the Home Office in Hythe, Kent, estimating that 10% of its youngsters disappeared each week"
So not just a London problem then?
Are we perhaps (appalling thought) looking at abuse on an industrial scale? How many of these "Home Office hotels" are we talking about?
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2023-01-23
"A Met Police chief and two retired officers have been accused of being in a paedophile ring"
" ... one of the suspects [was] found dead the day he was due to be charged"
"He had not faced any other criminal or conduct matters during his Met career"
So, no smoke without fire perhaps?
Let us hope Sir Mark Rowley will be permitted to do his job and that he has both the necessary support and the will to take it wherever the evidence leads, without fear or favour, as is his duty.
