http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/george-entwistle-handed-450000-pay-off-1431456 George Entwistle handed £450,000 pay-off for just 54 days work as BBC Director-General BBC's director general George Entwistle Another facet of the media concentration on the BBC and its' troubles. An important story, yes, but it is not the real issue. It is remarkable that the story, revealed yesterday, on how the Jillings report that laid bare the North Wales child abuse scandal was ordered to be pulped and vast amounts of incriminating evidence was destroyed, has received little, if any, wider media coverage.
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http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/354945/Sex-abuse-is-guilty-secret This scandal is not only about Savile. Labour MP Tom Watson raised the issue of a paedophile ring in Parliament "I have compiled a list of 132 utterly shameless establishment child abusers. These include MPs, lords and local Councillors. A similar list for members of Her Majesty’s Constabulary exists." Sonia Poulton These people must be exposed. We have already delayed for far too long and now we are in danger of wandering off down the cul de sac of the BBC navel gazing diversion. The real issues are the abuse and the on going cover up.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-jillings-report-how-the-truth-about-north-wales-child-abuse-scxandal-was-suppressed-8303903.html The Jillings report: How the truth about North Wales child abuse scandal was suppressed The former Bryn Estyn children's home in North Wales A damning report that laid bare the North Wales child abuse scandal might have aired the issue of sex attacks on children in care nearly half a decade before an official judicial inquiry in 2000. Instead copies of the report were ordered to be destroyed because the council that commissioned it feared it might be sued, This story is incredible. In my opinion, at least as newsworthy as the George Entwistle resignation, or the failures of Newsnight, or the scandal at the BBC, and yet, this article, revealing how Council insurers demanded that the first full investigation into the care home scandal was pulped, and how the Jillings Report was suppre...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/09/north-wales-child-abuse-inquiry Concern as head of new National Crime Agency diverts resources from live investigations to inquiry into historical abuse The former Bryn Estyn children's home in Wrexham, Wales, It is the extent of the "historic" abuse and the scale of the cover up by the establishment and the investigating authorities at the time which demands a complete investigation now. Sweeping history under the carpet by arguing that historic abuse has stopped and therefore is not worthy of investigation is a vile and reprehensible response to the current requirements for investigation. Notwithstanding the public utterances of some "senior police officers and experts" the motives of those individuals who question the continuation of investigations into historic abuse, should be closely scrutinised.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/bbc-and-victim-apologise-to-lord-mcalpine-after-admitting-abuse-claims-were-a-case-of-mistaken-identity-8301293.html BBC's Newsnight must not become the dominating issue. Mr. Steve Messham Before everyone rushes off down another cul de sac of disinformation, just stop and think for a moment about yet another smokescreen, produced by what ever forces are so determined to conceal the extent of and subsequent cover up of, child abuse in this country. Quite rightly, it seems, Lord McAlpine has received an apology for being identified on the internet, following a BBC Newsnight feature concerning allegations in respect of a North Wales care home. A victim of the abuse, Mr. Steve Messham, now admits that he “ misidentified” the Tory peer as taking part in abuse. The result of this has been immediate outrage directed against the BBC and Newsnight in particular, the cancellation of all current Newsnight investigations, the orde...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/downing-street-attacks-phillip-schofield-for-ambushing-prime-minister-with-internetsourced-list-of-suspected-paedophiles-8297661.html Downing Street has denounced “trial by Twitter” and a “silly stunt” by the ITV presenter Phillip Schofield Philip Schofield flashes a list of alleged paedophiles Schofield may have been silly and misguided, or even mischievous, but the response has been rather illuminating. The sound of Tory party members and MP's rushing around slamming doors as they close ranks is almost deafening. It seems that there are certain elements, perhaps not restricted to the Conservative party, who are frantically trying to find some "straw to grab" with which to divert attention away from the real issues and to create a spurious argument around a "witch hunt" scenario. Schofield, it seems may have inadvertently provided those wishing to conceal the truth, with a brief opportunity to clou...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/paedophile-inquiry-whitewash-judge-said-1424184 Paedophile inquiry 'whitewash': Judge said Tory child sex abuse claims were “best forgotten”, claims former government lawyer Scandal that engulfed North Wales children's homes Another twist in the inquiry into the North Wales children’s homes scandal. Accusations were “too sensitive” to be made public and “best forgotten”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/11/07/tory-child-sex-abuse-claim-north-wales_n_2088573.html Tory Child Sex Abuse Claim: North Wales Inquiry John Jillings 'Cannot Remember' Allegations The North Wales care home at the centre of the allegations "The government this week launched two new inquiries following claims by one of victims, Steve Messham, that he was was regularly taken to a hotel in Wrexham where he was sold for sexual abuse - including to a senior Conservative from the Thatcher era. However Mr Jillings - whose report was never published on the insistence of the council's insurers - said he had no memory of hearing any such allegations from Mr Messham." Huffington Post How many more cases of "selective amnesia" will suddenly come about during the course of these and other inquiries into the whole matter of child abuse in this country? It is all too often the case that witnesses giving evidence have fa...
http://thejerseyway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/question-without-answers-061112.html Jersey politicians will be asked to agree to the terms of an independent investigation into historical child abuse in the island. The Council of Ministers has published its terms for the committee of inquiry. States of Jersey Building Even a new inquiry has its terms of reference drafted to ensure that there are still elements of the scandal which could remain concealed. There is something very rotten in the States of Jersey which demands outside investigation and exposure. The Jersey establishment have for far too long enjoyed immunity from accountability for its nefarious activities in many areas of Jersey life, not only in the historic child abuse obscenity. The net is closing on those individuals from the past and in the present either involved in the excesses or instrumental in the cover up. The prevarications and not very well hidden attempts to e...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/04/childrens-commissioner-wales-abuse-inquiry The Bryn Estyn care home in Wrexham where hundreds of children were abused in the 1970s and 1980s. With all the amount of blogs, people, tweets, MP's, organisations etc calling for inquiries into abuse allegations, why is it taking so long for "the authorities" to take action? These allegations and revelations will not go away with the passing of time. The longer it takes to commence open,detailed investigations then the more the criticism and suggestions of too many people in positions of power and influence, having something to hide will gain credence. Bryn Estyn in Wales, Haut de la Garenne in Jersey, Stoke Manderville, Leeds General, Police investigations abandoned due to "insufficient evidence" the extent of these allegations is breathtaking and the indications are that there are even more revelations to come. Public opinion demands that investigations mu...