The victim-shaming of Nicola Bulley has thrown an unflattering light on modern Britain

She’s the focus of ghoulish conspiracies and the police threw her reputation under the bus – her disappearance brought out the worst of us

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Yes, this is pure and simple victim-shaming, and yes, she was a vulnerable person, but, in our own way are not most of us to one extent or another.

For the Police to do their job there needs to be trust, but this trust is forever being broken, and not just the Lancashire force, but many others.

South Yorkshire for Hillsborough, Rotherham Sexual abuse scandal and others, then the MET, well where do you start, at least 6 under Cressida Dick, but even newer, including Carrick and Couzens scandals.  But there are many more and maybe many more to surface throughout the UK.

There are many Police officers who are doing a good job, but the actions of the few are being seen as to how all forces are operating.

It is said that years ago we all, mostly, trusted the Police and looked on them to help and not cause us harm, do we really want to become so afraid of the police as in America, where it appears to be shot first and ask questions later, if that is possible. But did we, I feel in the main we did, but that trust is no longer there in most respects and even more so in ethnic communities.

So how can we progress, well every police force needs an in-depth investigation, not by themselves and not really by other forces, but by a fully independent body, who is made up of a representative body of the UK population and all members of the body should have equal authority within that body. The respective reports would then need to be made public and any actions that need to be taken are taken. In any serious implications, some appropriate action could need to be taken before the report is published.

For all our own safety the trust in the police has to be recovered and then actions put in place to ensure the trust is maintained and errors of the past are not allowed to reoccur.

Safeguarding is extremely important and always needs to be a high priority.

Did some of this relate to the Tories cutting back on Police numbers so saving could be made, perhaps, but was it there well before, well cutting numbers certainly didn’t help as we have seen in many other areas, NHS for one, Social Care in another, but in many sections of the UK.

Pay freezes and austerity cuts are never the way and these all need to be reversed without any further delay. Otherwise there is no real way forward. Human Rights have to be respected and been seen to be respected

 

 

 

Source: The victim-shaming of Nicola Bulley has thrown an unflattering light on modern Britain

Labour condemns ‘catalogue of waste’ on government ‘credit cards’ | Conservatives | The Guardian

Analysis of civil service spending includes Rishi Sunak’s Treasury department spending £3,000 on Tate photographs

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We are continually told there is a Cost of Living crisis as well as all the others, but these cards are not given to Government Ministers, but the respective Civil Servants. So is the fault with the Civil Servants, whoi are there irrespective of who is in Office, or is the criteria for using them so lacks that no one really knows how and what on they should be used, or are the civil Servants just doing the bidding as directed by their Ministers and feel that they can’t or don’t have the authority to query the spending.

No matter what it is it has to stop and there be proper financial management within Government areas, irrespective of who is there be it individuals or Party. If not all the cards should be immediately withdrawn and all spending has to be completely authorised before it is spent and if not the costs are borne completely by the persons doing the spending or the persons on who the spending is for. Perhaps having spending levels with varying degrees of authorisations, as would any competent business. or should have.

This is not their money, but public money and in the end everyone involved should be accountable to the public on a day to day or activity to activity basis.

We hear so much about ‘Red Tape’ so lets have the accountability too.

 

Source: Labour condemns ‘catalogue of waste’ on government ‘credit cards’ | Conservatives | The Guardian

‘Treat rape victims like heroes’: the survivor changing voyeurism laws | Rape and sexual assault | The Guardian

Emily Hunt felt powerless after CPS failed to charge man who filmed her naked and asleep. Now she advises UK government on sexual assault

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Emily Hunt was initially let down by the system, but to her courage and inner strength she decided that she had to do more and thankfully some of her endeavours have produced some good results.

But, as Emily will know, much more needs to be done to ensure every women in the UK is respected and receives everything the Law currently stipulates.

However, as we see with the recent case of the now former Met Police Officer David Carrick, even though he pleaded guilty to many charges and was sentenced to serve more than 30 years in prison before he can be considered for release, much more is required. Carrick was given 36 life sentences for his 17-year campaign of terror. However, while a large sentence should it have been even more severe, especially as his victims have a full life time to live with the actions he committed.

Now we find this appears to be one of many actions done by some Met Officers and not only Met Officers, but in other forces and in other areas other than police. This is not even taking into account all the other actions done to women throughout the UK.

So much more needs to be done to ensure everyone in the UK is protected, and no one should ever be demeaned for reporting any such actions, be they of any gender, race, ethnicity, disability, etc.

The Law needs to be strengthened so much more and then ensure the police, CPS and the Courts fully implement the Law.

Emily showed great courage to do what she did and is still doing, but don’t leave it to just Emily, for we should all do whatever we can.

Source: ‘Treat rape victims like heroes’: the survivor changing voyeurism laws | Rape and sexual assault | The Guardian

Met Police chief says its “crazy” he can’t sack “toxic” officers

Sir Mark Rowley was responding to figures that show 150 officers are currently under investigation over allegations of sexual assault and racism.

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This is and needs to be extremely worrying and drastic actions need to be taken to change this not only for the safety of everyone but for the reputation of not only the Met police, but for every police force throughout the UK.

We were all for years brought up to trust and believe in the Police and for many of the UK population our Police could not do any wrong.

I was on Jury Service many years ago and I heard someone say why should the Police lie, well now we know that they do, hopefully only in a minority of occasions, but how are we to know.

Over the years it has been shown to be that it is not only the Police who endeavour to do cover ups, but in many other professions even in Parliament and the Government, but then who believes any politican.

But there has to be safeguards in any profession and they have to be seen to be effective, for to not leads to anarchy and very soon to the complete breakdown of Law and Order, with no trust anywhere.

We are supposed to be a democracy with the belief all are equal, but money and assumed power, talks and leads to forms of supremacy which are not good at all.

All aspects of the UK need to be accountable and it be easy to enact accountability to all.

Trust needs to be earned and so does respect, for in many instances what is seen as respect is, in reality, fear.

Human Rights also need to be respected.

 

Source: Met Police chief says its “crazy” he can’t sack “toxic” officers

Calls for EU lobbying rules to be reformed grow as corruption scandal rocks Brussels | Euronews

“It is the only institution that basically has virtually no rules imposed on their representatives and very weak enforcement of those ethical rules,” said one expert, referring to the European Parliament.

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Yes, reform of European Parliament lobbying rules is very much required, but no matter how much reform is done or not, if the EU and the European Parliament is not prepared to not only abide by them, but use them against those who flout them, then no improvement will ever occur.

 

Source: Calls for EU lobbying rules to be reformed grow as corruption scandal rocks Brussels | Euronews

From antibiotics to eggs, this is the age of inconvenience. We’d better get used to it | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian

In Britain we’re used to getting what we want, when we want – but the supply issues that have emptied shelves are here to stay, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Scarcities occur for many reason some outside our control and some not.

Panic buying can cause some scarcities but not all, Yes, Brexit has caused some and also climate change plus others.

It appears the World is not willing to do all it can to combat climate change and it may be becoming too late, if it is not already.

 

Source: From antibiotics to eggs, this is the age of inconvenience. We’d better get used to it | Gaby Hinsliff | The Guardian

Westminster sex pests helped make Rishi Sunak PM. But has he forgotten the victims?

Everyone from the Prime Minister down knows that the ‘serious ethical issues’ he alluded to persist

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Well, Westminster does need a good clean, but is anyone ‘man’ enough to do it, perhaps it could take a women, but which one and which Party for currently there appears to be no contenders, so currently and for sometime to come it looks like the ‘sex pests’ are somewhat safe, which means anyone could be so vulnerable to sex pressures being made to them, which will be Westminster and the UKs loss.

 

Source: Westminster sex pests helped make Rishi Sunak PM. But has he forgotten the victims?

Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations – The Washington Post

The former president’s closest allies are working to discredit a potential prosecution by raising claims of politicization at the FBI and Justice Department.

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How America and especially the Republican Party deal with the possible charges mounting against Trump will decide how justice is viewed in America and the standing of America in the World.

The wrong outcome could seriously affect Law & Order in America for many years to come, justice has to be seen to be the winner.

There is and has been much use of abuse of Power in America and for democracy to survive this abuse has to be countered.

 

Source: Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations – The Washington Post

Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins are haunted by the child abuse investigation against them – The Washington Post

After a months-long ordeal, Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins are fighting for changes in the way cases like theirs are handled.

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Child protection is a minefield, for in many instances it is dammed if they do take actions and in others dammed if they don’t and in others whatever they do could be the correct actions.

It should be without saying that the children should be the number one priority, but at times the system is the main priority, whether the system is good or not. In many instances there are preconcieved beliefs at play, when, in reality each situation should be viewed as unique, but that is far from easy to achieve. For if real concerns are justified, it is more than likely that the parents or custodial persons will be good at covering what has occurred. So, mistakes are bound to occur, but the system should be flexible enough to ensure that mistakes can be easily rectified, where in many instances the system is not flrxible enough.

In this instance the Department of Health and Human Respources (DHHS) were trained by the Police, where perhaps they may not be the best agency to conduct the training, for by the Polices nature they concentrate on crime and this could be their first priority in any actions or training they provide.

In this instance it was eventually proved that the actions of the DHHS were not justified, but by then much damaged had been caused to the family, especially the children, that the system used was supposed to protect. Lrssons should be learnt, but are they been learnt, I really doubt so, as really for lessons to be learnt there has to be a commitment from the respective body to do so and perhaps funding made available to create the instances for learning to take place.

This instance was in America, but similar could and are being actioned in many other places both in America and many other countries.

Source: Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins are haunted by the child abuse investigation against them – The Washington Post

Anti-corruption operation at European Parliament sends shockwave through Brussels | Euronews

European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili was arrested by police on Friday amid a corruption investigation.

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This should come as no surprise as the EU has always been dodgy to some extent and Qatar well they believe their money will get them everything. Perhaps FIFA should also be investigated as the award of the World Cup to Qatar was to some extent also suspicious.

 

Source: Anti-corruption operation at European Parliament sends shockwave through Brussels | Euronews