Friday, 10 January 2025

New Year 2025

A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all readers.

Politics in the UK started with a major row over Child Sexual Abuse. This immensely serious issue perhaps came to general public attention over 10 years ago when a report was published into events in Rotherham (S. Yorkshire) over a lengthy period extending back to the 1980s. Earlier post of 1 September 2014 - Law and Lawyers: Rotherham ~ Sexual Exploitation of Children ~ the reports.

Rotherham is by no means the only place where similar criminality has taken place. Locations such as Rochdale, Oldham, and Telford come to mind.

The abuse at Telford led to an independent inquiry chaired by Tom Crowther KC which reported