Of course it needs to be held to account. In Parliament, by the media and ultimately by us at a GE. That though does not mean it is wise to always release everything as soon as it is available. I have little doubt that some, or even most, of it will be released, together with the consequent actions and recommendations. That though won't happen unless and until it is considered safe to do so.

In the meantime the appropriate select committee will be able to see it and hold the government to account.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (26 Apr 2020 8.38pm)

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Separate problem. We elect our MPs and they form a government. Wherever they get their advice the buck stops with them and not the advisors.

Nevertheless I would like to see all such advisors made redundant. They ought only work directly for political parties, primarily during election campaigns, and not be allowed near our elected representatives once chosen. There are expert civil servants there to provide the required specialist knowledge. We don't want marketing men deciding policy or spin doctors presenting it.

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Entirely agree but they’re here now and aren’t likely to be going anywhere soon.

Fair enough. If the situation and attitudes are different in six months or a year or five years the decision is right. If not it’s wrong. If the situation is worse then it’s very wrong. Of course the people making the decision to reveal the information will be largely different to those choosing not to but that’s politics.

Exactly this is the whole point.

For decades people in authority covered and or turned a blind eye and in some cases participated in serious sex crimes involving minors. Now we are expected to accept that a report into this should be kept secret for the public good.

Seriously! When the main allegation is people in the know covering up and then the government won't tell us what they learned it beggars belief and we are expected to trust people in authority.

The way you earn the trust of the public is to publish and then deal with the fall out. It will not be comfortable reading for certain political parties and the police and local councils, social services will rightly take a hammering. You then put in place procedures* to ensure it never happens again (the cover up I mean).

Imagine if the MacPherson inquiry into racism in the police was never published in case it upset people Labour didn't have a problem with that did they.

Too many skeletons that is the real issue here.

* I would create a new criminal offence specifically aimed at people in authority such as the social service, police, politicians etc. Failure to act on serious allegations of abuse, failure to document and report these allegations etc. would result in jail time as criminal negligence. If you threaten these people with serious jail time for not doing their job they will soon decide it's not worth protecting individuals or groups.

Edited by Badger11 (27 Apr 2020 8.42am)

Edited by Badger11 (27 Apr 2020 8.42am)

One more point

Make matters worse for who?
I would say, not the victims and their families, I would say not the people covering it up as they know what they did. I would say they think it would be muslims in the UK. Who are protected in a special way now tbh. Why would any sane person think that all muslims are groomers. They are not. The caveat could be that the silence within the community is the same as the professionals who covered it up. Is there really a belief that no one knew in these guys families. I reckon most right minded people would like the truth out,including muslims. This non disclosure not only keeps the whispers going but also aids in the finger pointing.