The Power of the Paedos - another high profile case hits the 'never happened' wall?

[David Guyatt]

There's a lot of news reports at the moment, concerning the appointment of Butler-Sloss and then her resignation in the wake of her brother's involvement in the Kincora Boys Home scandal 30 years ago. By heavily restricting the terms of reference, Attorney General Michael Havers ensured that "visitors" to the boys home were outside the writ of the then inquiry - including MP's, police, clergymen, military intelligence and others. Exaro story HERE.

Exaro are also opening the flood gates on the paedophile "abuse parties" by MP's at Dolphin Square, home to dozens of MP's HERE and HERE and HERE. Although Exaro have been understandably careful not to name the two MP's referenced in the story at this stage, their names are well known anyway - see HERE. Interestingly, or not (?) Dolphin Square residents named by Aangirfan include David Steel, former leader of the Liberal Party and William Hague, formerly (until yesterday anyway) Foreign Secretary of the present government. In a move that caught everyone by surprise, Hague resigned his post as Foreign Secretary yesterday and announced he will be leaving Parliament altogether at next year... see HERE. The timing does strike me as quite remarkable - but perhaps it's related to his alleged involvement in covering up the paedo lusts of another former Home Secretary, who he sent packing to Brussels as an EU Commissioner? -- representing the usual government punishment i.e., loss of office and exile -- see HERE, comment 15, and HERE for further background.

Although I do caution anyone reading this that these are allegations only at this stage, such has been the extent of the continuing cover-up and so often do the same names appear, that the question one might ask is the one about where there's smoke is there fire? And if you believe the Aangirfan report linked above, you might also be wondering why Ken Clarke left government yesterday -- coincidence or a cull of a particular kind?

What is pretty clear is that this continuing story goes so deep and penetrates through so many past levels and decades, that it literally leads everywhere -- all the criminal dealings, corruption, greed and dirty work, not to mention "wet work" that underlies the ruling British Establishment.

The powerful are not constrained by the law or the normal moral codes of behaviour that the rest of us take for granted.

[David Guyatt]

More of the usual "we're/they're above the law" stuff:

Scotland Yard detective 'removed over plan to investigate child abuse claims'

Detective chief inspector claims he made people 'uncomfortable' by looking into alleged abuse at Lambeth children's homes

• Ben Quinn
  
• theguardian.com, Wednesday 16 July 2014 00.45 BST
  

Retired detective chief inspector Clive Driscoll said that his work was "all too uncomfortable to a lot of people". Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP

A former Scotland Yard detective who won plaudits for his work on cases including the murder of Stephen Lawrence has claimed that he was moved from his post earlier when he revealed plans to investigate politicians over child abuse claims.
Speaking about his inquiries in 1998 into activity alleged to have taken place in Lambeth children's homes in the 1980s, retired detective chief inspector Clive Driscoll said that his work was "all too uncomfortable to a lot of people".
The Metropolitan police has now reportedly asked to discuss the claims with Driscoll, who told BBC Newsnight that he had a list of suspects he wanted to look at, including local and national politicians, adding: "Some of the names were people that were working locally. Some people that were if you like, working nationally, there was quite a mix really because it appeared that it was connected to other boroughs and other movement around the country."
He claimed that he was removed from his post after sharing his suspicions at a meeting with other officers.
"I certainly in a case conference disclosed suspects' names, 100%, but I was informed that was inappropriate and I would be removed from my post," he said.
"Whenever people spoke to you and shared their fears and their story about what they had seen, it was almost on the proviso that they wouldn't make a statement and that they would be scared if you released who those people were that were talking for fear of reprisals to both their selves and their families."
Investigations are believed to have continued into more than 20 children's homes after Driscoll was moved.
Driscoll, who served for more than 30 years with the police, retired this summer against his will after leading the reinvestigation that saw two men convicted of murder of Stephen Lawrence in 2012, 19 years after the killing.
He claimed on Newsnight that there had been discussions within the force about holding back certain documents from an independent inquiry into the original murder investigation.
Driscoll also said that he believed there were "disruption tactics" during his successful investigation.
Asked by Newsnight if he would now trust the Metropolitan police if he was the Lawrence family, Driscoll replied: "No, I probably would not."
Duwayne Brooks, the surviving victim of the attack that killed Lawrence, has warned that the best chance to catch more of the gang who were involved in the racist attack may be lost because of Driscoll's departure.
Brooks has described Driscoll's departure as a "terrible blow" and said that many breakthroughs in the case were down to the detective's personal style. He claimed that he and many other witnesses would talk only to Driscoll because he had spent years winning their confidence.

[David Guyatt]

The Inquiry is house-keeping - not house cleaning and nothing more.

From the Needleblog:

BY DAEDALUS | JULY 15, 2014 · 10:33 AM


Can you see what it is yet?'



Short video highlight from yesterday's Home Affairs Committee session where Home Secretary Theresa May 'clarified' to committee members exactly what the inquiry would, and would not, do. Finally, Chair Keith Vaz offers some advice to the Home Secretary.
This is part of the clarification, in Theresa May's own words;

There is a review about lessons learned and the protection of children;
There is a review which is looking into work that was done in the home office which resulted from this question of whether Geoffrey Dickens had passed information to a previous Home Secretary, and whether that had been properly dealt with, or whether that had been in some sense covered up. There was a review on that, but now we're having a further review to make sure that everything that was done by the Home Office was done absolutely correctly.'

The clip from the proceedings infers that Butler-Sloss would have led the first review, and Wanless-Whittam will lead the second review. I found it interesting that inquiry' and review' appear to have become interchangeable words.
It seems that the committee members were also somewhat confused by this Inquiry', but I'm sure they can see it clearly now…

This is a link to a larger extract of the same session, which firstly addresses the Baroness Butler-Sloss resignation, and then secondly the missing 114 Home Office files. Chair Keith Vaz clearly enjoyed the encounter.

[Magda Hassan]

It certainly does look like a purge or hiding the dirty laundry more than a reshuffle doesn't it? And I did note Hague and Clarke's movements in particular... Exaro has been doing a great job. Excellent even. I am beginning to wonder also if there is not a copy of that dossier some where in the safe hands of some one unknown as yet and that some pertinent leaks are perhaps putting the pressure on some people to recognise the dog whistle. Even if they don't know the song being whistled they know there is much to hide and much danger for 'them'. Things are different now. More connectivity. Multiple copies. More sharing. And more caring. It is instant too. No time delays. Many dots have been connected already. They will show themselves by their response and how they try to shut it down. I don't see why the inquiry cant be completely open. No restrictive terms of reference. Just an inquiry into current and historical child sexual abuse. Period. No limitations like care homes only or only until 1990. No restrictions. And they can sell a Trident or 1000 to pay for it all.

[Magda Hassan]

The Inquiry is house-keeping - not house cleaning and nothing more.

From the Needleblog:

BY DAEDALUS | JULY 15, 2014 · 10:33 AM


Can you see what it is yet?'



Short video highlight from yesterday's Home Affairs Committee session where Home Secretary Theresa May 'clarified' to committee members exactly what the inquiry would, and would not, do. Finally, Chair Keith Vaz offers some advice to the Home Secretary.
This is part of the clarification, in Theresa May's own words;

There is a review about lessons learned and the protection of children;
There is a review which is looking into work that was done in the home office which resulted from this question of whether Geoffrey Dickens had passed information to a previous Home Secretary, and whether that had been properly dealt with, or whether that had been in some sense covered up. There was a review on that, but now we're having a further review to make sure that everything that was done by the Home Office was done absolutely correctly.'

The clip from the proceedings infers that Butler-Sloss would have led the first review, and Wanless-Whittam will lead the second review. I found it interesting that inquiry' and review' appear to have become interchangeable words.
It seems that the committee members were also somewhat confused by this Inquiry', but I'm sure they can see it clearly now…

This is a link to a larger extract of the same session, which firstly addresses the Baroness Butler-Sloss resignation, and then secondly the missing 114 Home Office files. Chair Keith Vaz clearly enjoyed the encounter.

Here is the terms of reference to the Australian Royal Commission into institutional child abuse. Just as a comparison.

[David Guyatt]

There's no link Magda? I can't see one anyway. ::

Otherwise I agree entirely. The inquiry should be fulsome and open -- but it won't be. It's second nature to whitewash and cover-up these things and completely against the grain t let the public know how elite types really behave. But I suppose the real point is that once your pull the thread on this matter, so many others - even worse situations - are in danger of unravelling...

[Magda Hassan]

Sorry about that...here it is this time:
http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov...-reference

[Magda Hassan]

Tory MP: 'No knowledge' of half-brother's abuse claims

Last updated Tue 15 Jul 2014

• UK
  

The Conservative MP, who is the half-brother charged with alleged historic sex abuses, has said he had "no knowledge" of the claims.
Conservative MP John Whittingdale says he had "no knowledge" of the claims Credit: PA John Whittingdale added that he was "aware" Charles Napier had been charged with an offence alleged to have occurred over 35 years ago.
Mr Whittingdale said: "I have no knowledge of this, particularly as I had only just left school at that time.
"However, obviously I recognise that this is a serious matter and that the law must take its course."

From the Mirror 2 years ago.

Abuse scandals probe widens: The man who may hold key to UK's biggest paedophile network ever

• Nov 11, 2012 09:11
  
• By Keir Mudie
  

Charles Napier could provide vital evidence for police investigating a child abuse scandal spanning three decades

Newspics

Inquiry: Charles Napier near his home on Friday In the picturesque Dorset town of Sherborne, Charles Napier is an upstanding member of the community.
He is known as a respected retired languages teacher, a playwright and theatre director.
Only last month he gave a lecture on William Shakespeare at the town's literary festival.
But Napier's sordid past threatens to drag him into the heart of new inquiries into a child abuse scandal spanning three decades.
Evidence now being examined by Metropolitan Police detectives links Napier to Peter Righton, one of Britain's most high-profile paedophiles.
Righton is now long dead. But Napier is not. Now 68 and living with his mother in the West Country, he could prove a vital witness to the unfolding police inquiry into child abuse on a massive scale in this country.
Both men were linked to a shadowy organisation called the Paedophile Information Exchange which campaigned in the 70s and 80s for what they called the age of "child love" to be reduced to four.
Righton was a founder of PIE, Napier its one-time treasurer. Righton, incredibly, was also one of Britain's leading child protection specialists.
But when police raided his house in Evesham, Worcs, in 1992 they found not only hard-core child abuse images from Amsterdam but a "quarter-century of correspondence" between paedophiles in Britain and around the world.
The probe led police to the kitchen of a flat in South London where they found a letter from 'Napier - who had a child assault conviction 20 years before - boasting of his life in Cairo as a"British Council teacher.
He bragged of easy access toyoung boys and how he could sendObscene images back to Britain indiplomatic bags.
The scandal erupted again when Labour MP Tom Watson raised the matter with David Cameron in the House of Commons last month suggesting a network of paedophiles working in the UK had links to high levels of Government.
He believes there was an Establishment cover-up of the Righton files and his claims are now being investigated by a Scotland Yard team.
Since Mr Watson's first dramatic announcement, dozens of victims have come forward with allegations of shocking abuse by paedophiles at care homes across Britain.
Several names of senior politicians have been put in the frame though, it has to be said, without any evidential corroboration. However, what is clear is that there are real concerns that more could and should have been done after Righton's 1992 arrest and subsequent caution for indecent assault of a boy 30 years before.
Even Michael Hames, then head of Scotland Yard's Obscene Publications Squad, who handled the Righton files expressed disappointment more was not done. Writing in 2000 of the Righton inquiry, he called for a national team to be set up to investigate paedophiles, adding: "I remain convinced that we have only touched the tip of a huge national and international problem."
The story of Charles Napier is an extraordinary one that shows how a paedophile was able to operate with impunity while holding down a thoroughly respectable lifestyle.
It illustrates how there was little or no safety net to prevent child abusers from returning to their sick ways. And it begins at Copthorne Preparatory School, West Sussex, in the late 60s.
This week, respected author and journalist Francis Wheen told the Sunday People how he was just 11 when Napier arrived at the school.
He says Napier, then in is 20s, charmed the youngsters with his sports car, dashing good looks and claims that he was a professional actor.
Mr Wheen said: "He recruited a few of us, saying 'spend more time in the gym' and appointed himself gym master. There was a room off the gym and that became his haunt.
"Four or five of us started regularly going down there, vaulting over horses and things like that, in our gym shorts in all our innocence.
"At the end of it he would take us into his room off the gym and give us beer and cigarettes - bottles of Mackeson's and Senior Service untipped.
"We thought this was terrifically exciting. Here we were, 11 years old, being given beer and fags - we were thinking he's on our side not like any of the other masters. cigarettes , nd king ot like asters.
"And of course this was for an ulterior purpose which very soon became clear when he stuck his hand down my gym shorts and I had to sort of fight him off."
Napier then revealed his terrifying technique for grooming the youngsters by trying to humiliate the 11-year-old Francis.
Mr Wheen said: "He said 'Don't be such a baby' and said I wasn't grown-up enough for that sort of thing. He would point to a couple of other boys, saying 'They let me do it. You just won't let me because you're so babyish.'
"I think he was hoping I'd say 'no I'm as grown up as them' and let him get on with it but I didn't. It meant I was excluded from his 'charmed circle' after that - but by then I knew where he kept his beer and cigarettes so I used to break into his room, steal them and go sit in the woods.
"I could enjoy them without being sexually abused."
Mr Wheen also described the culture of silence that grew up around the assaults, with youngsters reluctant to report the teacher, feeling they wouldn't be believed.
He added: "A year or two after I left, my younger brother - who was still at the school - came back from holidays and told me Mr Napier had been sacked.
"At long last one boy who had been sexually molested had been innocent enough to go to the headmaster and report him.
"There was a very hasty exit made by Napier. He had a flashy sp so up, speed and sports car and as soon as the game was up, he roared off at speed and pranged it on the school gates. I think I got away quite lightly - I can't pretend I've been scarred for life by it. But I'm sure there are children out there who have been badly damaged by Charles Napier."
In 1972, Napier was found to have indecently assaulted pupils at a Surrey school where he was working. After being banned from teaching, he left the country.
In 1978, he was working in Sweden where he taught at a junior school with pupils as young as 11 - and was visited by Righton.
Napier later surfaced in Egypt, where he worked as the assistant head of studies with the British Council in Cairo.
A letter from the time saw him boast to a friend that the city was "full of boys, 98 per cent of them available".
He also helped set up and run a school in Turkey. His picture appears on a website offering English as a Foreign Language, where he boasts: "Most of my posts have been in Europe, North Africa or the Middle East, and for the last eight years I've been in Istanbul, running my own school and writing a series of course books for Turkish students."
Back in England, Napier was jailed for nine months in 1995 for sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy he'd lured to his home in the 80s.
He befriended the lad, enticing him with lager and computer games - then abused him.
Prosecutors said: "It wasn't just a stranger grabbing a boy in the park. This was a slow insidious process. The boy was trapped - not forced."
Righton, a founder member of PIE, was at one time the UK's leading authority on the protection of children.
Yet he used his power to not only hide his paedophilia, but to help other child abusers - among them Napier.
The latter's ban on teaching meant he was added to List 99, a precursor of the Sex Offenders' Register.
And Righton - the subject of a 1994 documentary on paedophiles - used his influence to try to have Napier removed from the list so he could be allowed back into schools.
Risk Righton wrote to the Department of Education saying: "Mr Napier is a gifted teacher of both adults and children.
"I believe that during the years since his conviction he has acquired a knowledge and disciplined mastery of himself which would justify the conclusion he no longer constitutes a sexual risk to children in his charge.
"It would give me great pleasure - and cause me no anxiety - to hear the Secretary of State had reviewed his decision of October 24, 1972, in Mr Napier's favour."
In 1981, the ban was relaxed to allow Napier into colleges and universities. In 1990 he applied for the ban to be further relaxed - this time enlisting Dr Malcolm Fraser as his referee.
Dr Fraser was convicted in 1992 for possessing indecent photographs of children. His third conviction saw him struck off - and Napier remained on the banned list.
Mr Wheen thought he'd seen the last of his former teacher but their paths crossed again in 1977, when he was commissioned to write an article about PIE and its desire to lower the age of consent.
A senior group member told Mr Wheen: "You must speak to our treasurer.
He's very good. Very well informed about the issues."
And Mr Wheen was astonished to discover the expert he was being put in touch with was his former teacher - now PIE's treasurer - Charles Napier.
Mr Wheen added: "I didn't really want to speak to him. I couldn't believe what my old teacher had become."
Napier declined to comment yesterday.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pae...ld-1430365

[Magda Hassan]

With impeccable timing the attention is now shifted from the elite and BBC to the working class and the very very bad internet. Operation Notarise.

[David Guyatt]

Yep, my exact thoughts on this too. Excellent timing to detract public attention away from the real story of power paedos. The lengths they will go to, simply to avoid the truth coming out and damning them all.