BY JAMES SIMONS
Key Westminster figures from the 1970s and 1980s have been named in a series of Government child abuse documents.
In an embarrassing exposure of Westminster, key figures from the 70’s and 80’s have been publicly named in child abuse documents held by the government. Following months of requests from Sky News, the Government has eventually revealed that papers exist that relate to Margaret Thatcher’s former parliamentary secretary, the late Sir Peter Morrison, former Home Secretary, the late Leon Brittan, former diplomat the late Sir Peter Hayman and former minister the late Sir William van Straubenzee. Sad, all these are late since it effectively means they escaped justice, though their victims and families of their victims can probably seek solace from the fact that their names are associated with such despicable crimes. The names listed here are by no means all the names involved in the child abuse inquiry.
Sky News forced the Government early this year to release the details of a file prepared for Mrs Thatcher’s office on the ‘unnatural sexual’ behaviours of Sir Peter Hayman. Subsequent file names reveal there were further Government papers relating to Hayman- a former secret agent and career diplomat. Interestingly, the news come after the Wanless and Whittam review of Government papers last year claimed to have lost many of the relevant abuse files held by Government departments.
It is well known that for years, powerful forces have attempted to cover up the atrocities committed by supposedly respectable people who in reality were carrying a stench that would put most of us off our dinner. Several attempts to probe MP’s have in the past met a dead end, but all that came tumbling down against them in the latest child abuse scandal which they still tried to cover up. Concerns made by former intelligence officer, Colin Wallace about abuse in Kincora was stored in the Cabinet, with next to no action taking about them.
The child abuse inquiry led by Lowell Goddard is set to be one of the biggest of its kind in British history, for sexual crimes against kids involving MP’s. Goddard has promised to leave no stones unturned, and investigate any and everybody, no matter their position or influence in society.
