Media ‘gagged over bid to report MP child sex cases’

Bishop Brennan wrote:

Joss wrote:Gordon Brown to STEP DOWN as MP: Former Prime Minister will quit at next election after 32 years in the Commons, sources say 

• Gordon Brown will formally announce plans to stand down 'within days'
  
• Sources say he wants to bow out 'on a high' after showing in referendum
  
• Former Prime Minister has been an MP in the Commons for 32 years
  
• Comes in the wake of Alistair Darling also announcing plans to step down
  

By Thomas Burrows for MailOnline

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I'm not seeing too much behind Brown's resignation.  He did do a good job in the Referendum, his speech at the end was very good and not a bad final legacy to leave.  He's rarely in parliament these days and has retired in all but name since being booted out as leader.   Few leaders stay long after that.  

Woofer wrote:And here we have the man who placed a D Notice on Dunblane and other cover ups involving child abuse getting a global award from Save The Children 

And they think we can`t see their plan

http://rt.com/uk/207387-blair-award-sparks-outrage/

Woofer wrote:And here we have the man who placed a D Notice on Dunblane and other cover ups involving child abuse getting a global award from Save The Children 

And they think we can`t see their plan

http://rt.com/uk/207387-blair-award-sparks-outrage/

joti26 wrote:I had mixed feelings about watching this but did as I was hoping for some insight into what possesses them. I was almost abducted when I was 12 in the middle of a town centre on my way to get a bus home so it is a thing close to my heart. It also left me with mixed feelings, on the one hand it has to be addressed but on the other hand it left me wondering whether in light of current investigations into the powers that be that it is an attempt to groom us into believing that it is some kind of illness, therefore, lessening it as a crime in our minds before the proverbial s*** hits the fan! Be interested to hear what you all thought.

missbeetle wrote:

Woofer wrote:And here we have the man who placed a D Notice on Dunblane and other cover ups involving child abuse getting a global award from Save The Children 

And they think we can`t see their plan

http://rt.com/uk/207387-blair-award-sparks-outrage/

(clipped from Woofer's link above)

What a gruesome man. Especially so all highlighted in purple and gold.

I would feel morally obliged to hit him with my shoe, should I ever run into him.


Save The Children - how gutting for all the decent people who have worked for them...

...and for all the good hearts who have donated their time and money to trying to help poor children.

It's another charity which seems to miss out on the basics (like spellcheck) :

(snipped from Google)

...whilst throwing an Illumination Gala at the Plaza in New York...

...giving Tony Blair this award in front of Lassie?

Anybody else remember the fake vaccination campaign in Pakistan...?

My thoughts only.

Bishop Brennan wrote:In a move that will take nobody by surprise, the UK and European governments are attempting to expand the "Right to be Forgotten" beyond the initial boundaries.  At the moment, if you are in the USA you can use the USA version of Google (where censorship is currently banned).  If you are in Europe you can navigate to the US site and search there.

UK and Europe want Google to stop their citizens from accessing the USA search tool and thereby getting around the UK/European censorship that they have successfully implemented here.

More details in this BBC story:

UK wants to extend Google Censorship

Internet censorship is now getting a full head of steam.  The laws against 'terrorism' are now targeting Facebook and Twitter.   The ISPs are to monitor who is accessing what and when (and keep the records).  The Google censorship is in place and now to be expanded.    It's clear that the government is sick fed up of the internet exposing all the dark corners and is determined to stop it.

Very sad to see.  Especially in the UK which in the past has been a great champion of freedom and open expression.  Those days are now long gone, replaced with control, xenophobia and the end of free-speech.  

Joss wrote:

Is it only Google that is being affected in the U.K & Europe?  Can you access other search engines?

Bishop Brennan wrote:

Joss wrote:

Is it only Google that is being affected in the U.K & Europe?  Can you access other search engines?

Originally I thought it was only Google, but further research shows that ALL search providers must comply.   Here's an article that confirms that BING (the Microsoft search engine that also powers Yahoo search) has meekly accepted the UK / EU censorship directive.    

Bing implementing "Right to be Forgotten"

The government has finally realised that the best way to implement censorship on the internet is to directly target the big players and their corporate bottom line.  Now that they've worked out how to do it, we are seeing the pace of censorship increase almost by the day.  Each and every news story is used to justify it further - whether it's child abuse (by others - not by people in authority!), terrorism or on-line bullying (trolling) - the censorship net is being drawn in tighter and tighter...  

It's desperate to watch - to see the once-proud heritage of Britain being eroded, simply to allow the authorities to retain full control and keep information away from the general public.  

Joss wrote:
Thanks for posting the info. Wow, that just isn't right. People need to protest about it to their local representatives i think.

Bishop Brennan wrote:

Joss wrote:
Thanks for posting the info. Wow, that just isn't right. People need to protest about it to their local representatives i think.

No prob.   There is, sadly, no benefit in complaining to local representatives as they are precisely the ones voting in the new censorship legislation.  The only chance of defeating this in the medium to long-term is to protest to / write to the companies involved (Google / Facebook etc.).   If they start losing customers then they will take action and stand up to the EU.   In fact Google have already started complaining (and rightly so) because it's costing them a lot of money.  Suddenly they need an entire department to decide whether a 'right to be forgotten' request is valid or not.  They are not geared up to be law enforcers or guardians of the public interest.  They are Search Engine!  And yet now they find themselves as the (no cost) editing and censorship department of the EU.  

And because Google is all about the money, it is far easier to comply with these requests (especially when they are submitted by powerful legal-letters) than fight them.  They already have to shoulder ALL the costs of this new operation, and adding legal battles is a cost they simply will not take on.  Why should they.  Their role is to make money not preserve information for the public good.  

jeanmonroe wrote:http://news.sky.com/story/1008757/andrew-mitchell-defends-16m-rwanda-aid

Andrew Mitchell Defends £16m Rwanda Aid

The Tory is unapologetic about his decision to sign off the grant on his last day as international development secretary.

£16m!

Perhaps he could go 'cap in hand' to Rwanda, to ask for a erm, favour, a bit of AID a 'loan'!

Say a 'loan' of about , say, £3 MILLION!

plebgate wrote:

jeanmonroe wrote:http://news.sky.com/story/1008757/andrew-mitchell-defends-16m-rwanda-aid

Andrew Mitchell Defends £16m Rwanda Aid

The Tory is unapologetic about his decision to sign off the grant on his last day as international development secretary.

£16m!

Perhaps he could go 'cap in hand' to Rwanda, to ask for a erm, favour, a bit of AID a 'loan'!

Say a 'loan' of about , say, £3 MILLION!

All this money being given away left, right and centre without a thought for the people who have to get out of bed day after day and earn it.    I read about the family tax credits (or some such name) being sent to families in other countries who have never set foot in this country because one of their parents happened to  come here to work.   What on earth is going on in this country.   Seems like we are keeping the whole World and his wife and yet the lot of us have been told that the austerity measures in Britain have to be kept up.  

The sad thing is, I can't see it ever changing.   We must be absolutely bonkers imo.

jozi wrote:Just seen this on sky news....Lock him up and throw away the key. Are we slowly getting there !!!


http://news.sky.com/story/1381594/paedophile-abused-19-children-in-his-care

jozi wrote:Just seen this on sky news....Lock him up and throw away the key. Are we slowly getting there !!!


http://news.sky.com/story/1381594/paedophile-abused-19-children-in-his-care

aquila wrote:

jozi wrote:Just seen this on sky news....Lock him up and throw away the key. Are we slowly getting there !!!


http://news.sky.com/story/1381594/paedophile-abused-19-children-in-his-care

Good call by the police at last in this case but as far as investigating paedophiles in Westminster - still nothing has happened. It seems there isn't a single person in government brought to book yet. Lots of inquiries though.

I watched the Channel 4 paedophile documentary the other night. It seems paedophilia is now to be classed as an illness and just like we were told by the government to 'hug a hoody' are we to think that paedophiles should all be in some sort of therapy? If there's so many of them that's one hell of a lot of therapy clinics. If the government, NSA and CEOP can't get it right then what's a few therapy sessions going to achieve? Therapy doesn't work.

I saw in the newspapers today that someone is saying we'll need to build more prisons to house the alarming growth in the number of paedophiles. I suppose if the government provide 'therapy' via privately owned companies invested in and run by goodness knows who, that will alleviate things! Will paedophilia become a disability that a person can claim benefits on the back of?

I was annoyed by the biased Channel 4 documentary. I saw it as some sort of dumbing down. The 'poor man' who 'came out' - note that he went to Germany after the programme for 'therapy' as Germany know how to do it apparently.

Here's my opinion on it.

Stick any offending paedophile on an island in a cold place (we have lots of empty islands around the British Isles - some of them have lovely buildings on them), give him a bag of seed, a survival manual, a spade and a religious/spiritual book of his choice. Then let him contemplate survival and spiritual comfort in a place where he/she can gather with like minded people who have harmed children in the worst and most grotesque way. That would be 'all together now'. Don't lock them up, just let them concentrate on survival to keep them busy. I'm sure there would be enough doctors, dentists and professionals there to keep each other well.

I'm a paedophile let me out of here might be the next Channel 4 documentary!

I doubt you'd ever see an MP on such an island - they are as pure as the driven snow at the present time (protected that is).

Anyway, it's only my opinion.