Peter McKelvie’s comments on Charles Napier and Peter Righton (video)

Napier (left) & his half-brother Tory MP John Whittingdale. The PIE network included extensive contacts in politics, the civil service and the judiciary

Charles Scott Napier, 67, whose brother John Whittingdale MP represents Maldon for the Conservative party, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for his prolific abuse of children over at least two decades. Although the charges involved in this … Continue reading

Cliff Richard child abuse allegation: Police media tactics “subvert due process” (video)


Before you read this post and in response to a number of comments that have been made on my Youtube channel, this post and video in no way represent a defence by this blog of Cliff Richard.  His name is … Continue reading

How much did government whips know about allegations of MP’s child abuse and where are the ‘dirt books’? (video)


In former Tory MP Michael Dobbs‘ novel, House of Cards, chief whip Francis Urquhart uses the dubious personal information that party whips gather on MP’s to blackmail them into complying with the government’s (and his own) agenda. Dobbs’ (fictional) account describes … Continue reading

Why Elizabeth Butler-Sloss must not lead the national inquiry into organised child abuse (video)


All three of Theresa May’s appointments to lead the British government’s child abuse reviews can be criticised on the grounds of a perceived lack of independence.  However, the choice of Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss is especially dubious given the clear need to gain … Continue reading

Theresa May has carefully chosen a ‘sound’ chair for the review (of the review) of missing home office child abuse documents (video)


Theresa May has announced two more reviews into child abuse in the UK which can now be added to the pile of more than a dozen reviews or inquiries being run by the home office, the NHS, various police forces, … Continue reading

David Cameron accused of putting self-interest ahead of public interest with his “patronising attitude” to child sex abuse survivors


In an open letter to the prime minister, Peter McKelvie, the whistleblower who prompted Operation Fernbridge (the Scotland Yard investigation into allegations of a paedophile network with links to Downing Street) and author of the Spotlight On Abuse blog, alleges that … Continue reading

Inside Story – ‘The Secret Life of a Paedophile’ and the Peter Righton cover-up (video)


This is the original BBC Inside Story investigation into the notorious paedophile Peter Righton with notes from the excellent Spotlight On Abuse blog. Video ©  BBC “I can confirm that the closed down Hereford and Worcester investigation of 1994 was … Continue reading

The sheer scale of child sexual abuse in Britain – reblog of Nick Davies article


The following is one of a series of articles on child sexual abuse in the UK published by former journalist of the year and exposer of widespread phone hacking Nick Davies in The Guardian. In November last year, every newspaper … Continue reading

A public inquiry into an “establishment cover-up” of non-recent child abuse would not be a “stale ritual” (video)


Speaking on the Sunday Politics the Financial Times journalist and regular guest talking-head, Janan Ganesh, told viewers that he did not believe an overarching full public inquiry into proven cases of organised child abuse in childrens homes  and allegations of … Continue reading

Home Office claim that the Leon Brittan paedophile dossier has been “lost” is not credible (video)


In 2012 when the British media was tying itself up in knots about the unproven accusations against Lord McAlpine regarding the Bryn Estyn paedophile ring, one edition of the BBC’s Newsnight programme was radically changed at the last minute to avoid charges of libel. Like … Continue reading

GOTCHA! Serial sex offender and paedophile Max Clifford jailed for just 8 years (video)


Max Clifford is a serial sex offender and his youngest victim was just twelve years old. On Friday (2nd May) he was sentenced to eight years in prison which means it is likely that he will be released in just four … Continue reading

The publication of the Rochdale child sex abuse report replaces the “culture of hopelessness” with the the more familiar culture of passing the buck (video)


Rochdale council, Greater Manchester Police and fifteen other agencies failed to protect the children of Rochdale from torture and rape and yet, as you can see in the report, the GMP continues to blame the abused.  GMP’s chief constable at the time … Continue reading

Bryn Estyn, Oxford, Rochdale and now Cyril Smith but still no public inquiry (video)


“During his lifetime Cyril Smith was one of the UK’s best-known politicians. But a new investigation shows that security services held on to a file with evidence of the Liberal MP’s child abuse.” Video ©  Channel 4 /ITN  Two months … Continue reading

Pulped Jillings Report finally published but where’s the public inquiry? (video)


As a survivor of childhood sex abuse it breaks my heart to know that every single day the most vulnerable children nationwide, those in state care, are being abused. This is a replacement report from Channel 4 News. The original video … Continue reading