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We could never have predicted the consequences of a letter to parents from Sennen Nursery School in Cornwall. Its subject was the radicalisation of pre-school children. The topic was David Cameron's “Prevent” policy.Prevention Duty Division advice for schools and childcare facilitiesIn the government's own words, PreventStatutory guidelines making clear that schools and childcare facilities are expected to assess the risk of children becoming involved in terrorism, including support for extremist ideas that are part of terrorist ideology. In reality, the guidelines call on teachers, childcare facilities, local authorities, the NHS, border forces, prisons, probation authorities, mental health services and others…
When Municipal Mutual blackmailed Clwyd Council, threatening to terminate the authority's insurance policy, Municipal was already in a very fragile financial position.In 1994, the Local Government Chronicle reported that following a “plan of reorganisation” (it might be better described as being placed into receivership), the authority faced “future claims of £925 million on assets of £45 million”.It's no wonder the company was nervous about the idea of expanding its child abuse investigations.The email received by the UK column hit the nail on the head: Independent article, June 9, 1996 For more information about insurance companies and child abuse, click here.This…
What the letter authors completely forgot to say was what the CSA and Mr Goddard will actually do now to protect Melanie Shaw and others like her from police and institutional abuse. The important issue of dealing with intimidation and harassment of witnesses and whistleblowers was simply ignored.On July 27, 2015, I emailed a letter addressed directly to Judge Goddard of the CSA Investigative Committee.My letter was addressed to Judge Goddard personally because it concerned the serious issue of protecting Melanie Shaw, the whistleblower of abuse at Beechwood children's home in Nottingham, and other child abuse victims and whistleblowers of…
Children with families are assets, and their value is realised when they are accepted into the UK government's “care system”, where care, foster care, adoption and special needs are all increasingly profitable cash cows.Rest assured, the UK Government and countless charities are there to protect our children, help them live happy lives, find foster or adoptive parents and help find long-term, loving adoptive parents. So there's no need to worry? Actually, there is a lot to be worried about. Let's start with the most recent announcements. CORAM and the British Adoption and Foster Care Association (BAAF) The merger led to…
What happened at the Association of Child Welfare Service Directors conference in 2015. Do we have a right to know?”We, the International Federation of Social Workers (IFWS), the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), feel compelled to advocate for a New World Order.” – Commitment to Action on the World Agenda for Social Welfare and Social Development, March 2012.According to the website: The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in England (ADASS)”Social care workers are connected globally through IFSW, a UN recognised NGO which works with IASSW and ICSW…
Melanie Shaw was unlawfully detained for over 24 hours and then, as an extremely vulnerable person, was released onto the street without her mobile phone or any money (which was also “confiscated” by the police).Below is an open letter from UKColumn to Lowell Goddard DNZM, Chair of the CSA Independent Commission into Child Sexual Abuse. The letter asks Mr Goddard how he intends to protect Melanie Shaw and other child abuse victims, whistleblowers and witnesses from intimidation and harassment. The CSA Commission acknowledged receipt of our original email on 27 July 2015 at 17:33, and stated that they aim to…
What does it feel like to be shot with a water cannon? Dietrich Wagner tells us from personal experience.”The water from the cannon broke through my eyelids, almost completely blinding me, pierced my cheekbone, and if the spray had continued for another second it would have hit my brain and killed me,” he wrote in his autobiography. Telegraph article. London Mayor Boris Johnson has approved a request from the Metropolitan police to purchase three Wasserwerfer (water cannon) cannons to quell future disturbances in the capital, despite the known risks. This has sparked headlines such as “Boris Takes Cannon Shot”, “Theresa…
After receiving recent threats, Melanie left her home in Nottingham and travelled to Plymouth in search of somewhere to escape the harassment of Nottingham Police.UK Column was informed earlier this evening by child abuse victim Mickey Summers that Melanie Shaw was arrested in a public place in Nottingham at approximately 6.45pm today, 22nd July 2015. Melanie's arrest is allegedly in relation to alleged harassment against Detective Superintendent Helen Chamberlain of Nottingham Police, the police's Head of Public Protection, including child abuse.It is understood that Superintendent Chamberlain was initially appointed as Melanie Shaw's police liaison officer after she blew the whistle…
Who is the greatest power in the world? The United States has the greatest military and China is seen as an economic superpower, but few consider Europe a force to be reckoned with.The European Union is often seen as little more than a collection of squabbling, powerless nation states, but that is not how the EU wants to see itself.From humble beginnings as the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), it has grown through the European Economic Community to a powerful economic union of 28 countries with enough influence to make a difference in the world.Professor John McCormick, in his…
Following on from our previous article, “Section 151 Officers, Council Taxes and Accounting Fraud,” we take a closer look at this little-known official and the truth about council tax hikes.Again, I am not an accountant or a lawyer. Here's an excerpt from the previous article. Powys County Council Accounts 2013-14:The amounts of these reserves are set out on page 22.Available reserves: £55,957,000Unusable reserves: £246.26 millionTotal reserves: £302,217,000On page 16 of that document, under the heading “Budget Summary”, projected income from council tax is listed as £60,353,000. The Budget is decided by Parliament every year and, as mentioned above, is the…