Category Archives: Mainstream Media

Innocent and transferred to HMP The Verne in Dorset – for whatever Reasons

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

A 3-hour train trip away from London, plus bus or taxi – for legal visits on Thursdays and social visits on Saturdays or Sundays. That’s where Chiwar Musa was taken ‘by bus’ yesterday morning, I was told by HMP Pentonville, … Continue reading →

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Child welfare scandal – Now boss is suspended! Precedence from Scotland?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

This article appeared in the Scottish edition of the Mail on Sunday on 3rd June 2012. Clackmannanshire Council was accused of ‘systemic failure’ ‘self-serving dishonesty’ and a ‘dereliction of statutory duty’. The report into the department is expected to be … Continue reading →

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Innocent parents ‘to lose more children’ and other mainstream media links

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

What a relief to see more and more articles in newspapers! Thanks to the mother who was featured as ‘Katherine Simmonds’ in the Channel IV programme How competent are expert witnesses?, here is a great list of links: Do expert … Continue reading →

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“In the best interest of the child”: 64,400 children in ‘care’ for £3 billion

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

It would be nice to have these kind of statistics in comparison with other countries. But anywhere in the world, statistics hide weeping children and pining parents on one side and Social Workers, legal teams, foster carers, contacts centres and … Continue reading →

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BBC invites comments from victims of child snatching at long last!

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Praised be everybody who contributed to making it ‘topical’ at long last – by and for the mainstream media: ITV This Morning broadcast in August 2010: Protect Your Children from Social Services How Forced Adoptions and the Secret Family Courts … Continue reading →

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Home Secretary pledges to end ‘family rights’ bar on deportation

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

In my most cynical associations I imagine that Haringey Council have managed to persuade the Home Secretary of the necessity to make this change that the mainstream media are reporting: you take the children of foreign parents then you ensure … Continue reading →

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The family justice system is callous, corrupt and staggeringly expensive

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

This article was published in The Telegraph a year ago on 02 April 2011. It’s a review of the interim Report about the Family Justice System by Christian Norgrove. The budget figure mentioned is £3.4 billion a year – making … Continue reading →

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UK Social Services may have overstepped the mark laid down by EU law

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

How many ‘cases’ of child snatching does it take before one begins to believe what is and has been happening up and down the UK? How can anyone imagine how the secrecy of family courts is enhanced by the threat … Continue reading →

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Just about the most draconian act the state can carry out is to remove a family’s child

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

This remarkable quote by lawyer Nigel Priestley appeared on Channel IV’s description of their film on ‘expert witnesses’: After the death penalty the most draconian act that the state can do is remove a family’s child. I have had long … Continue reading →

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Child snatching: the ethical battleline between mainstream and online media

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

What is more important: the reporting gap between the blogosphere and the mainstream media or the abuse of ‘baby-snatcher’ social workers? Isn’t it ‘funny’ that Christopher Booker has been so alone with his consistent reporting in The Telegraph? The Times … Continue reading →

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