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Morning roundup, Thursday 12th March 2009

12Mar09 – 10:17

Child protection services aren't up to scratch, claims Lord Laming. Still, over-worked social workers make such lovely media scapegoats to the extent that when some murderous scroate kills his/her toddler, the media only vaguely hint at the perpetrators' guilt, leaving everyone with the distinct impression that children's services operate a Pied Piper policy on protecting our young. Of course, laws could be passed to make information sharing on vulnerable kids easier and help social workers do a difficult job in slightly easier circumstances, but then the Porter-warriors in the commuter belt would screech something about Nazi Germany until the plaintive cries of those with a proper job involving protecting children are totally drowned out in a slurry of Chakrabarti bullshit. Rant over;

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