At a hastily convened talking-shop the chairperson on the LGA, Margaret Eaton, tried to defend the indefensible.
Haringey Council meanwhile continue to duck and dive to avoid having to sack the people responsible for failing to protect Peter Connolly, or having the guts to force the resignations of the councillors with oversight for Child Protection. Well, they have the previous experience of the Climbie fiasco to guide them.
The row is far from over, despite other things crowding it from the headlines. Lots of angry people on Facebook for instance.
The thing is, no new laws, rules, guidelines or systems are required. They already exist, what went wrong was the failure to follow or implement, through management inadequacies, financial considerations (court fees had gone up from £150 to over £4,000 to get a court order), under-funding and staff over-loading adding to incompetence and arrogance. Compounded by the cunts in government who were warned and did fuck all but shuffle the paperwork, and who are now trying to cover up their culpability.
I don't think it's anywhere near over yet.
The Penguin
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