2026-02-22
Rape Gangs.
" 'Politicians wanted to keep a lid on it' This was a hierarchy of priorities, unmistakably revealed"
"The pressing question is not what an integrity mechanism would look like. It is why such a mechanism has not appeared, and why, under the present dispensation, it cannot"
"A state that is more alert to reputational hazard than to predatory harm, and more protective of its moral self-image than of its children, has inverted the moral hierarchy"
No to mention the legal hierarchy.
Yes, the grooming gangs scandal has exposed the fact that many of our public servants and indeed parliamentarians have completely abandoned their "moral compass". The hierarchy is exposed as entirely amoral.
" ... wrongdoing is domesticated through process and rendered administratively manageable, while those who name it openly are regarded as the real transgressors"
I note that in many respects Marrtin Geddes' exposure of the UK's Single Justice Procedure as being driven by administrative convenience rather than by legal principle - with the apparent approval of the nations highest legal authorities - confirms that the rot is widespread.
Michael Rainsborough reports for the Daily Sceptic.
But it's not all one-way.
Men accused of raping women are apparently facing a one-sided legal system that limits their options to present evidence in their defence.
And the Supreme Court seems to agree.
