Coronavirus: where is the hype leading?

[UK Column 10 February 2020]

Brian Gerrish says: "Well we`re lucky to be here because coronavirus is getting ever more deadly in the UK. Let`s have a look at the Guardian headline... `Coronavirus: number of confirmed UK cases rises from four to eight,` and if you go into the article it actually says that it`s doubled. So it`s got the reinforcement: it has doubled from four to eight as the government announced new powers to detain people suspected of having the virus. And this is the key point of UK Column reporting this: we`ve got alarmist reports across the whole of the UK press but now we`re seeing something very, very sinister coming in which is on the back of that alarmist reporting. The government is seizing more powers, placing basic freedoms of the public at risk."

"Well this is the man behind it, Matt Hancock, `Under the measures announced on Monday, the Department of Health said people with coronavirus could now be forcibly detained and sent to isolation if public health professionals believe there is a reasonable risk an individual may have the virus..."

"So this is the hype around the virus, not around what the real facts are, but you can now be picked up and detained. `The incidence or transmission of novel coronavirus constitutes a` serious and imminent threat to pulic health. So I`m taking action to protect the public and isolate those at risk of spreading the virus. Clinical advice has not changed about the risk to the public, which remains moderate`."

"So it hasn`t changed; it remains moderate, but basically we are going to start detaining people against their will. But interesting to see this man, Matt Hancock, tweeting out: `Clinical advice has not changed about the risk to the public, which remains moderate`. So on the one hand we`re saying it`s serious and an imminent threat and on the other hand he`s clearly saying that it`s a moderate risk to the public. So lots of confusion here as to what`s going on and where this is leading us?"

"Well if you go and have a look at Public Health England it gets even more confusing. It says four patients in England have tested positive, so Public Health England doesn`t even know how many cases there are, as of the present time. `If more cases are confirmed in the UK it will be announced as soon as possible by the Chief Medical Officer of the affected country`, which I found quite interesting."

Mike Robinson: "Yes because we`ve got four countries in the Union now. We`ve got four Chief Medical Officers."

"Well that`s good, and then it says, `Based on the World Health Organisation`s declaration that this is a public health emergency of international concern, the UK Chief Medical Officers have raised the risk to the public from low to moderate. This permits the government to plan for all eventualities. The risk to individuals remains low.` "

"So we are not driving this as a nation. We are now simply cowtowing to the World Health Organisation and what we`re seeing is still alarmist reporting on what`s actually happening..." 

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Here is another indication from the Telegraph that there is an agenda behind the alarmist reporting, bigger than the coronavirus:

[Telegraph]

"Posting anti-vaccine propaganda on social media could become a criminal offence - even if those promoting it believe the pseudoscience, the UK’s new criminal Law Commissioner has said."

"In her first interview since taking up the role, Penney Lewis, revealed she is considering whether laws should be amended to `lower the threshold` of criminality for posting false information online that endangers lives."

"It comes as the Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in September he was `looking very seriously` at making vaccinations compulsory for state school pupils after the UK lost its official measles-free country status due to a steady fall in MMR immunisation rates."

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It looks like `all eventualities` might one day lead to `detained and forcibly vaccinated.` No resistance allowed.

Smacking, now a criminal offence

"Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make it a criminal offence for parents to smack their children."

"The ban on all physical punishment was backed overwhelmingly by 84 votes to 29 by the Scottish Parliament on Thursday afternoon."
"The move will give children in Scotland the same protection from assault as adults when it comes into force."

"Parents and carers are currently allowed to use `reasonable` physical force to discipline their children."

"The smacking ban bill was introduced by Scottish Greens MSP John Finnie, a former police officer, who won the support of the SNP, Labour and Lib Dems as well as his own party and many children's charities."

"Opinion polls have suggested a majority of people in Scotland are opposed to a smacking ban - with critics arguing that the current law is sufficient, and that the changes risk criminalising "good" parents."

"But most of the responses to a consultation on Mr Finnie's bill were in favour of a ban, and the move has been widely supported by children's charities."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-49908849?fbclid=IwAR0fTLM9jWEgWaJ3X95hbomKYr4Gi2DRsUjJ5AxJUX3VMOToSW0k2Ds4zhA 　

Keeping children safe

The fight to keep Tafida alive

 
A mother fights against medical doctors who want to end her daughter`s life:

Published on 1 Aug 2019

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... "Who decides when a child's life support is turned off? Their parents or doctors? When five-year-old Tafida Raqeeb developed severe brain damage in February, her mother Shelina Begum was warned she had a 1% chance of survival. Tafida remains at the Royal London Hospital, as her parents face a battle to keep her alive and seek treatment abroad whilst doctors want to withdraw care."


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The proposed smacking ban in Wales

"WRITING last month about the Welsh Government’s draft plans to outlaw smacking, I highlighted official police estimates that they expected more than 250 parents a year to face investigation or be charged, a total of 1,370 in the first five years."

"Now a letter from the Children’s Minister Julie Morgan, sneaked out just days before the summer holidays, has dramatically increased this number.''

"The letter to Lynne Neagle, Chair of the Children, Young People & Education Committee, predicts that 548 people a year will be investigated for smacking and sent to a Government re-education or ‘diversion’ scheme following the removal of the ‘reasonable chastisement’ defence – a total of 2,740 in the first five years."

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/anti-smacking-zealots-widen-their-net/?fbclid=IwAR00V2ft0adaHFa52XLWhGPKVL3JkVRDrEpA3tF52T3rxsaoq_nLzRLEG7I

The smacking ban in Scotland:

No lessons for climate change activist

"Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg will take a year out of school and travel to the US to continue her campaign to promote environmental protection."

"The teen kicked off the hugely popular ‘school strike’ movement last year for kids to push their elders into taking a serious stand to tackle the devastating effects of climate change and safeguard their future..."

"As part of her commitment to the cause of reducing carbon emissions, Thunberg does not travel by plane. Accepting an invite to the UN’s special climate change meeting in New York in September means a lengthy transatlantic voyage ahead, so she’s decided to take a sabbatical year to make the journey."

"Thunberg also plans to attend the UN Cop25 climate change summit in Santiago, Chile in December."

https://www.rt.com/news/460808-greta-thunberg-climate-change-travel/
 
 A comment under the RT article:

But the percentage of various greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is not the only fact that has been misunderstood by Greta.

Here is UK Column`s Mike Robinson, along with Patrick Henningsen from 21st Century Wire, who recount Greta`s good news towards the end of the programme:

"I just wanted to end on a positive note," says Robinson, "Because really `good news,` Patrick: Greta Thunberg, the teen climate change campaigner ... is taking a year off from school so she can go to the United States and, in fact, America in general to promote her policies to deal with climate change."

Patrick Henningsen: "Sacrificing her own education for the sake of the climate ..." 

"So you`ll be glad to know, of course, she runs this campaign about Flight Shame.  So, apparently, she is not going to fly to the Americas and the United States. She`s going to take a boat which is really a bit unfortunate because this organisation ... reported to the Guardian in 2016 that if you`re on a plane, aircraft use 0.257 kg of CO2 per passenger mile. But unfortunately ships use 0.43 kg of CO2 per passenger mile. So this is a little unfortunate for poor dear old Greta. She clearly hasn`t considered this..." 

Patrick Heningsen: "Well maybe it`s better, Mike, that young Greta takes the plane instead of the ship. And if she does that then she won`t need to take the year off school because she`ll be spending less time travelling by boat..." 　

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJLflt6FuhA

Inclusion in mainstream schools: another review

Only three years after the previous review of the education policy there are plans for another one.

A delaying tactic maybe ? To avoid providing much needed resources to schools?



"The proposal to integrate children with additional support needs (ASN) into primary and secondary schools, rather than educating them separately in special schools, has the support of the United Nations on the grounds it is the right of every child to be educated in their local community regardless of physical disabilities, learning difficulties or social, emotional or behavioural problems."

Norway expels Polish consul

New rules for girl guides

"The Girl Guides have recently opted to adopt a policy that exhorts the guides to welcome transgender girls. While some critics have expressed concern about young girls sharing rooms and toilets with someone who has the biological attributes and the body of a boy, there is a more fundamental issue at stake."

"As was the case with the Scottish guidelines, the new rules adopted by the Girl Guides indicate that its leaders are not allowed to divulge to parents and the other girls if a member of their group used to identify as a male."

"Whereas the institutionalisation of trans culture and the bypassing of parents in schools has provoked minimal opposition, concern has been raised by parents and leading members of the Girl Guides. This year 224 volunteers and parents wrote an open letter criticising the new policy."

"They rightly pointed out that this policy denied "informed" parental consent. The response of the Girl Guides was to expel two guide leaders and close down their unit. As far as the managers of this organisation are concerned, a parent’s right to know is trumped by its so-called `equality and diversity policy`. "

"Do we really want the Girl Guides or schools to take responsibility for the development of a young person’s sexual identity? "

"Do we really want parents to be blissfully ignorant about the values to which their children are exposed? Apparently many educators believe that they should have the right to guide the gender development of young people."

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/1023450/whos-guiding-our-children

Roelie Post in hiding

"Roelie Post worked for the EU in Brussels. She blew the whistle on malpractices and corruption in dealing with Romanian child trafficking. She was harassed and fired by the EU, and even has to repay her salary. She is in hiding but speaks out to GeenStijl's reporter Tom Staal."

Part of the Transcript:

Tom: "You`re fighting against a whole institution, so do you have any confidence? This seems to be an institution that`s a law unto itself."

Roelie: "To be honest, I have no confidence [in reaching a resolution] However, walking away and stopping [isn`t an option]; the case is also about the other issue, which is children`s rights. That`s what my fight is primarily about. I`m not so concerned about winning my pay case."

Tom: "So there`s more to your case?"

Roelie: "We have to consider what winning would look like here. Certainly, money is not trivial, I can`t live on fresh air. But it`s also about children`s rights; and that has to be resolved. No walking away from that.  Look, if I walk away these powerful forces are going to say, `Phew, she`s walking away! We`re rid of her`..." 
Tom: "You mean they`d never give up on trying to get you?"

Roelie; "Yes, I`ve come to that realisation by now. So this is something you can`t walk away from. So the only way out is forward and staying - literally - in the picture, keeping the case in the public eye, because that`s an insurance policy."

Tom: "But you`ve had to go into hiding. Are you able to go out on the street where you are now, or are you constantly watching your back?"

Roelie: "Yes, I`m constantly watching my back."

Tom: "If they`re such powerful entities, doesn`t their long arm extend even to where you are now?"

Roelie: "Well, they`ll track me down in the end alright. I`m under no illusions about that. But where I am now, it`s less straightforward for them to make me `have an accident`. It`s also less easy for them to intimidate me by getting people to hang around my front door or whatever. "

Tom: "This is a place where people are looking out for each other, you mean?"

Roelie: "Oh yes, very much so; and where strangers stand out. Quite the opposite of Brussels where I lived before. My house was 200 metres from the European Commission and you get all kinds of people passing by all day. In that situation, you never have a moment`s peace of mind but here I`m safe. On the other hand, I do have to watch out even here not to be out and about too much. So if I`m heading out anywhere beyond the next village, then I always use public transport and taxis. I don`t use my car for longer journeys. They - and now I`m saying `they`... well, the first time I had an appointment with my lawyer in Brussels, it seemed that I had a near miss from a very serious accident."

Tom: "Are you sure you`re not just seeing things here?"

Roelie: "Well, that`s just the problem. In 2004, what the [Belgian] police said to me was, keep a log of everything that happens, including what you were doing at the time. In other words to log `I was on my way to the supermarket` or `I was on my way to something else`.` So I started keeping such a log. When my car was stolen, I was doing X. When my house was broken into, I was doing Y. I was once nearly driven off a mountain by another vehicle and I logged what happened. So I could always account for what I was doing when something happened."

Tom: "But is there really so much money at stake in adoption that they`ve got it in for you?"

Roelie: "Yes and no. Of course, the adoption agencies want to make sure their salaries remain secure."

Tom: "So ultimately, it`s all about the money?

Roelie: "No, not just money."

Tom: "So what is it all about here? What`s their objective?"

Roelie: "There are more motives in the world than just money. Money in general is a prime motive, but there`s another powerful motive in the world and that`s sex, including, tragically, sex with children. There is a linkage between the adoption industry and paedophile networks and demand for children and the organ trade. This is because upon adoption, children acquire a new identity, and so you can `disappear` children that way. It sounds blood curdling; it is blood curdling."

Tom: "You were sitting right on top of this, weren`t you?

Roelie: "Yes."


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See Roelie Post`s book For Export Only.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUa5q658H8U

Unlawful detentions

[Mark Townsend]

"While Donald Trump’s policy of separating immigrant families has drawn international opprobrium, the practice continues largely unchallenged in the UK. Some say that when the prime minister recently described Trump’s scheme as `deeply disturbing` and `wrong`, she must have hoped her own approach would be overlooked."

"Lawyers point out that UK unlawful detention cases are often settled out of court and silenced by confidentiality clauses. Inspired by the universal condemnation of Trump’s separation policy, parents with ongoing cases against the Home Office have spoken out about a system that, lawyers claim, fails to take a child’s welfare into account. "It is cruel and completely unnecessary," said Janet Farrell of solicitors Bhatt Murphy."

"Every year, hundreds of children are separated from a parent who is detained in a UK immigration centre – and numbers continue to rise."

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/05/child-separation-migrant-parents-uk-hostile-environment-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Non-statutory version of Named Person being rolled out

"There is, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom declared recently, `an inextricable link between the protection of the family and the protection of fundamental freedoms in liberal democracies."

"The judges added: `Different upbringings produce different people. The first thing that a totalitarian regime tries to do is to get at the children, to distance them from the subversive, varied influences of their families and indoctrinate them in their ruler`s view of the world`."

"`Within limits, families must be left to bring up their children in their own way`..."

"How revealing then, that this quote comes direct from the Supreme Court`s ruling two summers ago, against the SNP Government`s notorious and hated Named Person law..."

"So we need to be careful. As the Scottish Mail on Sunday reports today, a non-statutory version of the Named Person scheme is being rolled out across Scotland, as we speak."

"The danger is that, even though the Supreme Court has ruled against the statutory plans, they are brought in by stealth nevertheless."

"As the No2NP campaign makes clear, parents should know their rights. If a Named Person offers advice or a service to you, you don`t have to accept it. If a Named Person tries to override your wishes, it is they - not you - who may be breaching conventions on human rights."

[Murdo Fraser, Scottish Mail on Sunday]

Use of mosquito devices should be prohibited in public spaces

 

"Last year, the UN Committee recommended that `the use in public spaces of acoustic devices used to disperse gatherings of young people`should be prohibited..."

"These devices are also known as ‘mosquito devices’. `Together’s 2016 State of Children’s Rights report found that only two local authorities in Scotland had records of mosquito devices being used in their areas. However, a survey of Members of Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYPs) suggested that devices were being used in areas where local authorities believed there were no devices installed. The Scottish Youth Parliament, among other organisations, have continued to campaign against the use of mosquito devices..."

"Although a local authority ban cannot stop the devices being used by independent businesses, it does mean that they will no longer be installed on council buildings such as schools or leisure centres."

http://www.togetherscotland.org.uk/pdfs/2017_Online_V11.pdf
 

Children to learn about `fake news`

"BBC journalists are to visit schools to teach children how to identify fake news. The initiative has been designed to tackle false information that the corporation says `threatens fact-based public debate and trust in journalism`."

"Details of the scheme, which will involve up to 1,000 schools, will be outlined in the BBC’s annual plan on Wednesday. It will include BBC journalists such as Huw Edwards, Tina Daheley, Nikki Fox, Kamal Ahmed and Amol Rajan. The details come after Ofcom, the communications regulator, warned that children were being increasingly exposed to fake news, with nearly half of 12 to 15-year-olds finding it difficult to tell fact from fiction on social media...."

 "Another area of focus believed to be in the plan involves maximising the BBC's global reach, with `BBC World Service undergoing its biggest expansion since the 1940s`."

"A BBC source said: `The BBC can and will do more for Britain at an important time. Our aim will be to bring the public together while challenging fake news and false facts. The world is changing fast and Britain's media sector is still the envy of the world. We need to enhance and protect that against new global challenges`."

 "It was announced by the Government in February that the annual TV licence fee will increase to £150.50 from £147 from April 1."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/25/bbc-journalists-teach-children-identify-fake-news/

Children want their voices to be heard

Emma Hunter, aged 20, from Dundee, is a Digital Modern Apprentice working with the Year of Young People 2018 team...

"I’ve always taken an interest in current affairs, especially those surrounding my own generation. I attended the Scottish Young People’s Conference in 2016 and was lucky enough to ask the Scottish Education Secretary questions about mental health care for young people. This is an issue close to my own heart and I found the opportunity eye-opening, as it was a room of like-minded people who all wanted their voices heard...."  

"I come from a background of adoption and also spent time in foster care. Unfortunately, when I was growing up I didn’t have access to a forum where I could give my thoughts and feelings about this subject. As well as this, I’ve spent time working with children in a foster family and they also felt like their voices were not being heard. A platform where people can share stories or simply read about other people is something  that Year of Young People can offer."

https://blogs.gov.scot/engage-for-education/2017/12/31/yearofyoungpeopleemmahunter/

19 youngsters wrongly removed

"A boy was held in council care for so long that his own mother failed to recognise him, a judge revealed yesterday."

"Social workers wrongly kept the child away from his birth family for eight years, Mr Justice Keehan said."

"The boy, now 16, was ‘dramatically affected’ when he saw his mother on the street and she did not know who he was."

"He was one of 19 youngsters ‘wrongly and abusively’ removed from their parents in Herefordshire without court approval."

"They were left in limbo by social workers who did nothing to plan or guide their futures, according to the family court ruling published yesterday."

"The 16-year-old’s mother demanded that her son be given back to her a year after he had been taken away, the judge disclosed."

"But social workers merely ‘advised the mother to seek legal advice’."


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5516631/Boy-held-care-long-mother-failed-recognise-him.html#ixzz5AEeTTYVG

Tasers used on vulnerable patients

"Police drew, aimed or fired Tasers in mental health hospitals, wards, and clinics 58 times in the first six months of figures being recorded."

"The government says a Taser should be a last resort - but campaigners say they should never be used in such settings."

"The data, from 43 UK area forces, covers the six months to September 2017, when Tasers were fired 22 times."

"Three used Tasers on people under 17. On two of those occasions the Taser was fired, once at a 15-year-old girl."

"The Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Met Police were the only UK area forces that failed to respond to BBC Radio 5 live's Freedom of Information request."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42820284?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=twitter

Concert pianist still on hunger strike

"In court, Circuit Judge Veronica Hammerton supported the view of Medway Council's Children Services and of a court appointed psychologist, Melanie Gill, that Eugene is an inadequate father because his own father is a Holocaust survivor and was in a ghetto during the Second World War; and also because Eugene had experienced anti-Semitism as a child when he lived in the former Soviet Union."

"Eugene and his son are being punished for contacting the media about their predicament, for taking part in the RT documentary "Forced Adoption UK" and for submitting a petition to the Petition Committee of the European Parliament regarding discrimination on the grounds of religion, race and language by Medway Council's Children Services. The judge imposed an injunction on Eugene so that he is now prevented from discussing his case in public under threat of 2 years in prison and confiscation of his assets."

See petition http://citizengo.org/en/fm/34246-bring-eugenes-son-back-home-immediately

This is day 62 of Eugene Lukjanenko`s hunger strike after he was imprisoned for disregarding the judgment and speaking out about the case in public. 

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Other developments:

"A family court judge must explain why a concert pianist has been jailed, a campaigner says."

"Former Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming says the man is on hunger strike in a prison hospital after being jailed for contempt of court by a family court judge late last year."

"Mr Hemming, who campaigns for improvements in the family justice system, says the judge who imposed the sentence is in the wrong because a ruling explaining the case has not been published." 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-5291121/Family-court-judge-explain-pianist-jailed-says-campaigner.html#ixzz55JEVpx1A

 

UK Column News covered the topic on 10 January 2018 and mentioned the fact that the social worker involved was Ann Domeney who authored `The Case for Action.`

"Point No 1 ` grabbed me, says Mike Robinson. Reading from the document he goes on: "A strategically planned whole system approach with collaboration at all levels is vital to ensure a high performing approach. Common purpose and a shared culture of `our young people` rather than `their young people` is essential.... When I looked on her profile on LinkedIn what did I find? NLP, leadership, all this type of stuff. The language is there right in front of us... [i.e. the language of the charity Common Purpose]

Brian Gerrish responds: "The children are ours. They belong to `us` and the `us` in this case is the state. This is Big Society with a vengeance. Children are not part of a family; they`re not of the parents; they are simply there for the state. And of course the Scottish government has taken this a step forward because we can now see with the `named person` scheme that really parents are only seen as sort of caretakers of the children while they`re growing up. They`re really owned by the state and if the state deems that the parents have made any mistakes or got anything wrong or are teaching their children the wrong things ... [from the state`s viewpoint] then those children can simply be taken away from the parents."

Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMtSVCDZQ2k

Judge refuses to see evidence of child abuse

[UK Column News 23.11.2017 with Brian Gerrish, Mike Robinson and Alex Thomson]

Brian Gerrish: "Now this is what we covered yesterday: Very quickly, a case going back to November 2015 where three Hampshire county council social workers were found wanting by a judge; lying on oath; altering basically reports that were taken through as evidence; and withholding evidence from the court. So these were serious charges that the judge made in his judgment. The judge`s opinion was then overturned by Hampshire council working with an organisation looking after professional standards for social workers.  And so our first point was that this is quite amazing that it doesn`t matter what a judge says in court: If you`re in the right organisation you simply overturn his judgement."

 

"Well this one just beats everything. because today somebody has contacted us talking about what`s been going on in the family courts. And this relates to a case which we believe is going on in the Midlands. We believe it`s to do with an immigrant community We`ve had reports of women in immigrant communities, in the Sheffield area particularly, coming forward and trying to protect their children against abuse. Authorities then release their names back into the community and the women are raped, beaten up or both."

"What`s going on here is a court case where the judge is refusing to accept video evidence of child abuse. So the evidence is there to show what is going on in this particular case but the judge is simply saying `No. My eyes don`t want to see this evidence, so it can`t be brought into court.` So therefore the court is running a completely alternative court case."

"This situation was challenged. You can obviously freeze the screen to look at the detail of the excerpt that I`ve given you. I can only give you so much."

 

"But this is the utterly astonishing thing that we`ve got here because this is the response from Sir James Munby`s office, President of the family law division."

"The President can only deal with the cases that comes before him in a judicial capacity. He cannot investigate, comment or give advice on the decisions made by other judges. This is not out of any lack of concern, but because to do so would undermine the principle that judges are free to decide how cases should be conducted. He does not intervene on behalf of a party in any case and accordingly, it would not be appropriate for him to comment on the matters you raise. If you are unhappy with a judge`s decision, order or ruling then you must follow the appeal process, although it is not guaranteed that there would be a right of appeal."
"The President cannot assist you further."

"What we`re essentially saying is where there is video evidence of child abuse family court judges can simply say `NO no no. I don`t want to see that. I`m going to make my judgment without seeing the evidence of the actual child abuse.` This is astonishing ... and shows that we cannot trust family court decisions in any shape or form..."

Mike Robinson: "So to do so would undermine the principle that judges are free to decide how cases should be conducted. So if you have a corrupt judge - and nobody can deny that such a thing exists - if you have a corrupt judge what this email seems to be saying is the President of the family law division, the head of the department as it were,  has no power to investigate or deal with the corruption of a judge."

"That`s absolutely right. And I come back to the fact that what we`re dealing with here is not some sort of hearsay; we`re dealing with video footage of child abuse. So just a remarkable admission by Sir James Munby`s office. Now it has come from his office; it`s possible that Sir James isn`t really aware of this reply. But it has come from his office..."

Alex Thomson: "Yes we keep talking about Sir James because he`s a very conflicted character and he had some good in his life before, I think; so what`s happening with him now is anyone`s guess. It`s the same with anyone in high authority...The creation of the family division and the removal of juries allows these prima facie mis-trials .. to occur because judges are acting as juries... "

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ighsX0syYgE

Capturing Indian street performers

[Sunday Guardian Live]

"Violating child rights on the pretext of ‘rescue’ operations`"

"Children who belong to the Nat community are often captured by child-welfare authorities and NGOs on the spurious grounds that their street performances amount to child labour... "

"If, despite active and high-quality legal help from a well-known organisation like MANUSHI, these Nat families face such obstacles regaining their children, readers can imagine what nightmares they go through when facing the system on their own."

"The system sees Nat parents as exploitative. But would Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) or the police ever dare to capture children of well-off families who perform in TV serials or films?"

"The CWCs and NGOs that capture Nat children off the streets term it as `rescue operations`. But neither do the children want to be `rescued` nor do their parents treat them as unwanted. In fact, every time a Nat family loses its children to such `rescue` operations, they work tirelessly, and spend thousands of rupees on lawyers and sundry touts who operate around the `protection homes` of the NGOs to regain their children."

Read more http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/lifestyle/11735-violating-child-rights-pretext-rescue-operations