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Four years on.Jersey's 'secrecy culture' and Graham power.

http://voiceforchildren.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/unhappy-anniversary-4.html Former States police chief Graham Power  On the 4th anniversary of the suspension of Graham Power, VFC has published a statement from Graham regarding his suspension from duty and subsequent "dismissal by stealth" from his position as Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police.  VFC also reproduces  an extract from the former Police Chief's sworn AFFIDAVIT, both of which make chilling reading. 

The destruction of the Jillings report is sidelined by another BBC diversion.

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.

There must be an independent inquiry. It must be public and transparent

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.

North Wales child abuse scandal was suppressed

  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...

The extent of the "historic" abuse demands the rescources to investigate.

  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.

The BBC must not take centre stage.

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...