House of Commons debate 26/6/14 following publication of Savile reports
[Please continue to write to your MP to ask them to support a national inquiry into organised abuse, and also please sign this petition calling for such an inquiry] Today twenty-eight reports were...
View ArticleBritish Association of Social Workers contacts its 14K members calling for...
The British Association of Social Workers have sent the following e-mail out to all of their 14 000 members, calling upon them to support the campaign for a national inquiry into organised abuse of...
View ArticleCall for inquiry into organised abuse – negative response from Andrew Lansley
Today (Thursday June 19th) the Conservative MP and former Children’s Commissioner Tim Loughton asked the Leader of the House of Commons, Andrew Lansley, about the growing movement amongst MPs calling...
View ArticlePlease contact your MP to ask for their support for a national inquiry into...
Current Total Number of MPs Supporting an Inquiry: 145 Following the announcement of the letter by a group of seven cross-party MPs (Conservatives Zac Goldsmith and Tim Loughton, Liberal Democrats...
View ArticleNew Cross-Party Group of MPs calling for Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse
[Since first publishing this article online a number of further MPs have indicated their support for a national inquiry in line with the express wishes of the original seven. For details of this, and...
View ArticleDickensgate – Guest Blog Post by @MySweetLandlord on Inconsistencies in Leon...
[The following guest blog post was written by @MySweetLandlord on Twitter. I am immensely grateful to him for this, which reveals very clearly many questions yet to be answered in the wake of the...
View ArticleOn the Eve of Possible Major Revelations – and a Reply to Eric Joyce
At the time of writing this (evening on Monday June 30th, 2014), it is the day before an important event in the House of Commons. Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk, co-author (with Matt Baker) of Smile for the...
View ArticleAbuse in Lambeth, Operation Ore, and the Blair Minister(s) – Press Reports so...
In amidst the reporting of the scandals involving Elm Guest House and the VIP ring alleged to have attended there, less has been widely known about a distinct series of events alleged to involve a...
View ArticleTo HASC – questions to ask to stop child abuse being exploited for...
This afternoon (Wednesday October 21st, 2015), the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) will be taking evidence relating to allegations and investigations into the abuse of children committed by VIPs...
View ArticleTimeline of the Metropolitan Police Investigation of Leon Brittan in context...
[Since the evidence given to the Home Affairs Select Committee on October 21st, 2015, this timeline needs updating. I will do so as soon as time permits] Following the various claims and counter-claims...
View ArticleHarvey Proctor’s Statement Today – and the False Claims about Tom Watson and...
Below is the complete text of Harvey Proctor’s extraordinary statement today (originally posted on The Needle Blog), after having yesterday been questioned for the second time by detectives from...
View ArticleTo the metropolitan, academic and cultural left – who do you know who thinks...
I am addressing this blog post to those on the left based in London, maybe working in journalism or the media, or in academia, or in a creative or cultural field. I want to know how many people you...
View ArticleAbuse in Lambeth, Operation Ore, and the Blair Minister(s) – Press Reports so...
In amidst the reporting of the scandals involving Elm Guest House and the VIP ring alleged to have attended there, less has been widely known about a distinct series of events alleged to involve a...
View ArticleColin Tucker, steward to Fiona Woolf, Fettesgate and the Scottish ‘Magic...
[Continued from Part 1] The Herald, February 21st, 1996James Mckillop, ‘Journalist receives Fettesgate apology’SCOTTISH journalist and broadcaster Duncan Campbell has broken new ground by winning an...
View ArticleBe very sceptical about online communications laws which protect the powerful...
Today the UK Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, clarified that what he called ‘a baying cyber-mob’ could face up to two years in jail under new laws. This refers to proposed amendments to the 1988...
View ArticleA few thoughts following the Scottish referendum
1. Scotland made the right decision. 2. Labour under Ed Miliband is looking considerably weaker than before the referendum. Cameron probably ended up being a more persuasive advocate for the union than...
View ArticleElm Guest House: Vigil, September 15th, 2014, and Links to Newspaper Reports
Today a vigil was held at Rocks Lane, Barnes, at the site of the former Elm Guest House, a fundamental location for the VIP paedophile ring, where boys are believed to have been trafficked from nearby...
View ArticleFiona Woolf, Leon Brittan and William Hague – conflicts of interest
On Friday, September 5th, 2014, the Lord Mayor of London, Fiona Woolf, was appointed by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, to be chair of the forthcoming inquiry into child abuse. Within a few hours of...
View ArticleA few good politicians – Becky Milligan at the office of Simon Danczuk, with...
The link above details a visit made by BBC Radio 4 reporter Becky Milligan to the office of Labour MP Simon Danczuk, together with his parliamentary aide Matt Baker. Here she encounters much...
View ArticleDickensgate – Guest Blog Post by Brian Merritt on Inconsistencies in Leon...
[The following guest blog post was written by Brian Merritt aka @MySweetLandlord on Twitter. I am immensely grateful to Brian for this, which reveals very clearly many questions yet to be answered in...
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