Child abuse 'may well have been' covered up - Norman Tebbit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28182373

A former cabinet minister has said there "may well have been" a political cover-up of child sex abuse in the 1980s.
Lord Tebbit told the Andrew Marr Show the culture at the time was to protect "the establishment" rather than delving "too far" into such claims.
His comments come after it emerged that the Home Office could not locate 114 potentially relevant files.
Current MP Keith Vaz said files had been lost "on an industrial scale".
The government has rejected calls for an over-arching public inquiry into the various allegations of child abuse from that era.

Seems everyone was looking the other way..

This whole story is quite extraordinary. A document about child abuse handed to the Home Office of many alleged 'high-profile' abusers and nothing was apparently done and the file has gone missing. If it emerges that people on the list were abusers and did continue to abuse after the fact then that would be very serious indeed for those who failed to act on it.

[Russ]

Wouldn't it be ironic if the files turned up buried in Jimmy Saville's garden. It would explain his apparent 'immunity' during all those years.

[Taf]

Hidden paedo files in Westminster? Who'd have thought it?

Not sure there has ever been a bigger scandal in Westminster than this, if it is indeed a cover-up, would be.

Well with no documents and a public inquiry deemed unnecessary I don't see anything being done about it.I doubt a review will reveal anymore than we presently know..which is zilch.

[Mr Angry]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Well with no documents and a public inquiry deemed unnecessary I don't see anything being done about it.I doubt a review will reveal anymore than we presently know..which is zilch.

There is plenty of information yet to come out. Operation Fernbridge is just one instance.

Originally Posted by Mr Angry

There is plenty of information yet to come out. Operation Fernbridge is just one instance.

You may be right..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28187357

The former leader of a pro-paedophile campaign group claims he stored material at the Home Office, according to an account seen by the BBC.
Steven Adrian Smith had clearance to work as an electrical contractor at the Westminster building in the late 1970s and early 1980s when he chaired the Paedophile Information Exchange.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28189072

The head of the children's charity NSPCC is to lead a review of historical child sex abuse allegations, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.
Peter Wanless's review, which will cover how police and prosecutors handled information given to them, is expected to report within 10 weeks.
A Hillsborough-style inquiry will also be held, led by an independent panel of experts on law and child protection.
This would be wide-ranging and would not report before the next election.
Mrs May, who said the panel inquiry could be converted into a full public inquiry if necessary, said she wanted to ensure the public had confidence that serious crimes were being investigated

Hmm!No mention of how politicians,former Cabinet members and Whitehall functionaries handled the same or similar information.

[Mr Angry]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28189072



Hmm!No mention of how politicians,former Cabinet members and Whitehall functionaries handled the same or similar information.

Peter McKelvie is the man to watch. He knows where (some of) the skeletons in the cupboards are.

In fact - by bizarre coincidence.

[Russ]

But what powers will Wanless have to order witnesses to appear? This just seems like puppetry to 'protect the establishment'.

[Mr Angry]

I'm inclined to agree with you that Wanless is quite possibly a window dressing distraction.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28203914

Retired senior judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, 80, has been named as the chairman of a wide-ranging review into historical child sex abuse.
Lady Butler-Sloss led the Cleveland child abuse inquiry in the late 1980s.

I think this was a good choice..

[Russ]

This is the woman who accused Fathers4Justice of making death threats against her then had to make a humiliating apology to them for her unwarranted attack.

Not a good choice by any means.

[MalteseFalcon]

Some of the politicians I have seen mentioned on the internet as being involved in this is quite shocking. Won't mention their names unless mods say it is OK to do so.