Baby P And The Haut de la Garenne Connection
Baby P Watch: Baby P & The Haut de la Garenne children’s home, Jersey.
Polly Tonybee writes in the Guardian:
There will always be catastrophic failures, but one case blasted out of all proportion can undo years of good. David Lammy, the MP for the Haringey constituency of Tottenham, wonders how his borough will ever attract new social workers with the Sun waiting to tell them they have blood on their hands. If too few are found and more children suffer, the Sun is unlikely to own up to blood on its hands.
Meanwhile over in Jersey, police have unearthed bones made from wood and a child’s skull made from a coconut shell…
NICK DAVIES, Guardian: “As the Jersey case shows, the modern media never lets the pursuit of fact get in the way of a good story”
Ah, the modern media, that you can search it online. And a search of the online Guardian reveals:
We must support the Jersey survivors – The island’s care leavers have a great deal to say. All they need now is a place of safety in which to speak, writes Liz Davies
Police excavating the Jersey care home where part of a child’s skull was found in February have discovered two pits behind the boys’ dormitory. One was filled with lime, which is often used to try to accelerate the decomposition of soft tissues in buried remains.
And many more…
Madeleine McCann: Baby P And Me
Madeleine McCann – the story so far.
Mourning Sickness: Good Grief It’s Baby P
Baby P: Like Diana’s Death, I Was There
Baby P: Spot The Ashes, Protect The Mum And Kilo The Cat
Baby P: Socialist Liberal Conservatives To Blame And Sterilising The Guilty
The Columnists Do Baby P: Death, Middle Class Evil And Porn
Margaret Beckett, Baby P And Social Workers
Posted: 27th, November 2008 | In: Reviews Comments (3) | TrackBack | Permalink
