Is the lid finally about to come off a dreadful injustice?

[humbersloop]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20204687

[youngmafbog]

I suspect there were many cases over the 20-30 year period that will now come out. It was a different era then with no social media or other methods to communicate the problems.

Whilst we must track and punish those that perpetrated those crimes where we must concentrate is on the current situation to try and ensure it does not happen in the 2010's.

[mushroom25]

at this time, all the prime minister has agreed to is an investigation into the way the 1996 investigation was carried out - not into the allegations themselves.

even if the "independent" investigation uncovers malpractice in the way the original matter was dealt with, I'm willing to bet that the issue will be permitted to die the death.

[humbersloop]

Theresa May announced two new enquiries today. One into how the original Waterhouse inquiry was conducted, the other into how north Wales police handled complaints at the time.

The first looks to me like an inquiry into an inquiry as a knee jerk "we have to do something about that now."

The second may be more hopeful. Keith Bristow, head of the new National Crime Agency - which doesn't exist until April '13 - is heading it, with a remit to "assess the allegations recently received, to review the historic police investigations and investigate any fresh allegations reported to the police into the alleged historic abuse in north Wales care homes."

Here's hoping

[Ellipsis]

This was on Channel 4 News this evening:

http://www.channel4.c...de-take-boys-to-abuse

It names a (now-dead) Thatcher aide. I'm not sure it's the same person as Steve Messham is referring to.