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Age of consent

The term ‘age of consent’ is an interesting one.  It rarely occurs in legal terms, or rather in the statute book, but  there’s a generally assumed view that it refers to the minimum age at which a person (importantly, both male… Continue Reading →

Publication of Police/NSPCC report into Jimmy Saville – due today

I wonder what the report will cover, and what it will conclude.  I wonder how much of a tome it will be.  I wonder how much will be ‘not said’ for fear of recrimination.  I bet it’s been crawled all… Continue Reading →

Are attitudes to sex changing?

  It hardly seems possible that a little under 30 years ago, the BBC banned the record “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood from being played on air.  It wasn’t banned from its release, but BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike… Continue Reading →

Tom Watson’s letter to David Cameron

I came across this letter a week or so ago, and kept on meaning to post it up.  It’s a great letter, and let’s hope that Cameron takes note.  I think Tom Watson is being brilliant on not letting things… Continue Reading →

More arrests with ‘Operation Yew Tree’

Operation Yew Tree is the name given by the Metropolitan Police into the investigations of allegations of sexual abuse linked to Jimmy Savile (that’s not the best sentence in the world, but I can’t work out how else to put… Continue Reading →

Stop press! YouTube link is available…

As promised, here is the link to the Chrissy B Show.  I would highly recommend watching the whole show, the two survivors give incredible testimonies.  I join them on the couch in the last segment of the show. Chrissy B… Continue Reading →

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