Pizzagate

[David Guyatt]

It is now being represented [by many] as one of the 'false-news' stories put out during the election. I find this very likely. You can find the evidence for this on the internet and judge for yourself.

I have no real idea if the story has any substance, or not. However, I do find Don Jeffries arguments worthy of serious consideration, and he clearly has looked at the story carefully.

More than anything else, given the way any story of organized paedophilia arises that has connections to government and elite personalities, it quickly gets rubbished. Or, like the British child sex inquiry, gets endlessly kicked down the road until it fades from the public mind.

In the case of the latter, three judges appointed by Theresa May in her prior berth as Home Secretary have been forced to resign. The first two because they had social connections to some of those the inquiry would investigate. No hint of recusing themselves when asked for their agreement to the appointment, mind you.

In the 3rd case, an "independent" judge from New Zealand, she resigned after conflicts with the senior government barrister. We are now waiting the appointment of the 4th judge for the inquiry. Meanwhile, at least one major child charity had announced that it no longer has any faith in the inquiry (why would it?) and will, therefore, no longer participate.

In the interim the media concentrated their focus of TV personalities and we saw a number prosecuted. Some very unfairly. Can one argue deflection? A media circus to keep the real criminality inside Parliament from deep scrutiny.

If there is even a slim chance that organized paedo groups are involved in a Pizzagate setup, then surely we must do what we can to insist it be properly investigated? The problem, of course, as I referenced above, is who can you trust to do the investigating? The police, the media? Colour me cynical but I have little faith left in these institutions.