UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
FOR years there have been persistent rumours about a dark conspiracy to conceal child abuse within the political establishment.
By: Leo McKinstry
Published: Sun, November 2, 2014
But concern grew dramatically in the aftermath of Jimmy Savile’s death, when the horrendous scale of his predatory activities began to emerge.
In a move to quell these mounting public anxieties, the Home Secretary Theresa May set up an independent inquiry in July this year to examine historic allegations of abuse and cover-up inside our political system going back to 1970.
This panel, we were promised, would shine the searing spotlight of truth into the murkiest corners of the establishment.
Sadly, four months later, the work of the panel remains shrouded in darkness.
The spotlight has not even been switched on.
This is because the Home Office has botched the selection of the panel’s head, exasperating victims’ groups and undermining public faith in the whole process.
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