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In January this year, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron launched a campaign to bring thousands of “unaccompanied” Syrian children to the UK. The campaign was initially rejected by the House of Commons but has gained momentum in recent weeks following its defeat in the House of Lords.No one is saying that unaccompanied orphaned children in Syria don't deserve help, but the UK's dismal record with children in its care is open to debate. Can the UK provide a safe and secure environment for Syrian refugee children when it has utterly failed to provide a safe and secure environment for British…
Holyrood will revoke the Treaty of Westphalia and adjudicate on the consequences.The Scottish Government's Secretary of State for Europe and International Development, Humza Yousaf, recently wrote to the Malawi High Commission in London to intervene on behalf of two Malawian nationals who have been arrested on suspicion of committing crimes in Malawi. The Herald, a Scottish nationalist newspaper, reported:.Yousaf sent a copy of this communication to James Duddridge MP at the Foreign Office, and eventually received a reply from Duddridge politely requesting that he refer all such communications to the Foreign Office in future.Mr. Yousaf A disgusting tweet The response…
A network of connections from the founding of a political charity called Common Purpose by powerful international banks, through secret meetings to set up the Media Standards Trust, to the creation of a highly politicised furor by the Hacked Off campaign for government control of the British press and media, through the government's own agent, Leveson. Formed in the mid-to-late 1980s, Common Purpose has grown into a powerful and insidious political charity with one goal: to transform British society into a uniquely communal model. Shared Purpose The company has never revealed the identities of its founding donors or explained how…
Only those who own the youth own the future… When the enemy declares, “I will not join you,” I calmly say, “Your children are already ours… Who are you? You will go, but your descendants now stand in a new camp, and soon they will know nothing but this new community.”Maggie Atkinson's appointment as children's commissioner attracted considerable criticism. In 2010, after a lengthy search process, former children, schools and families secretary Ed Balls announced that he had recommended her as a candidate. When the newly established Parliamentary Education Select Committee rejected her appointment, Balls simply Ignored their objections. Who…
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…