Tory bullying inquiry finds 13 alleged victims of Mark Clarke.

Investigation carried out by Clifford Chance also uncovers six allegations of sexual assault against ex-Tory candidate.
An investigation into bullying within Conservative party headquarters has identified 13 alleged victims of Mark Clarke, the former Tory candidate at the heart of the scandal, including six allegations of sexual assault.

The inquiry was launched three months after the death in September last year of Elliott Johnson, the Tory activist who claimed in a suicide note he had been bullied by Clarke, an election aide and failed parliamentary candidate.

The Conservative party said it would set up a hotline for complaints made by volunteers and overhaul its system for reporting complaints in the wake of the inquiry.

The findings of the investigation, conducted by the law firm Clifford Chance, found there was no written published procedure or commonly adopted practice for party members to raise a complaint.

The firm said it had identified 13 alleged victims of Clarke’s bullying between 1 January 2014 and 14 August 2015, and six specific allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour relating to Clarke were identified, including allegations that he had propositioned activists or tried to kiss them.

Clarke has previously denied all allegations of wrongdoing, including sexual harassment and bullying.

The report also reveals that Clarke was on the radar of senior Conservative party staff, including David Cameron’s spin doctor, Sir Lynton Crosby, and the then party chairman Lord Andrew Feldman. However, this was in relation to his inappropriate use of the job title “director in CCHQ” and not for bullying allegations.

Sir Patrick McLoughlin, the chairman of the Conservative party, said: “The death of Elliott Johnson was a tragedy and our thoughts remain with his family and friends.

“As we address the findings of this report I want to make clear that there can be no place for bullying behaviour in our party and we all have a responsibility to act when it occurs. The actions we are taking today will continue to ensure that volunteers, who are so vital to our party, can flourish.

“Finally, I’m grateful to Clifford Chance for the thorough and timely way in which they have conducted this investigation.”

Johnson’s father, Ray, who declined to take part in the inquiry, said: “We haven’t had a chance to read through the findings and make a complete assessment of them but we expected a whitewash and I believe that’s what we’re going to get.

“The party has recognised there are failings but they are also saying they’ve done nothing wrong.

“We decided not to take part in the Clifford Chance inquiry due to concerns that Tory HQ would be pulling the strings from behind the scenes.”

Clarke declined to be interviewed by Clifford Chance as part of the investigation, but denied the allegations included in its report when sent a summary before it was published.

His solicitor told the law firm: “Clarke has cooperated, and will continue to cooperate with the police, the coroner and any other statutory body charged with investigating any matters relating to the subject matter of Clifford Chance’s investigation on behalf of the Conservative party board.

“The police investigation into Elliott Johnson’s death and other inquiries are ongoing, and it is not appropriate to respond to allegations until the end of those processes. However, the allegations made against Mr Clarke in the Clifford Chance report are wholly untrue and unsubstantiated. Many are based on totally fabricated media reports. All these allegations are vehemently denied.”

Conservative party headquarters also received positive feedback on Clarke from volunteers and MPs, Clifford Chance said.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/17/inquiry-into-tory-bullying-scandal-finds-13-alleged-victims-of-mark-clarke?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Wirral Council -Report shows nothing has changed.

FINALLY more than a year after I gave a statement to external investigator Patricia Thynne her report is published.

This report came about after I had written to all 66 councillors and Frank Field MP in December 2014 about concerns I had about the conduct of senior Wirral councillors.

However it was only after further testimony was provided by another ex-employee of Wirral Council that an investigation was commissioned.

The report is concerned about allegations of misconduct by senior Wirral councillors and centres mainly events at a council meeting in July 2013 and a subsequent recorded telephone conversation.
I told former council chief executive Graham Burgess in 2014 that the reason I would not return to work for the council is that the recording demonstrated to me the council had not changed since I was bullied and harassed out of my job - and I would have no trust and confidence in a number of politicians to whom I would asked to be accountable.

The issues raised in Ms Thynne’s report demonstrate no lessons have been learned from the past and the council is still primarily concerned about reputation management.

Martin Morton by email.

http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/yoursay/wirralletters/14687639.Report_shows_nothing_has_changed_at_all/?ref=twtrec#comments-anchor

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Tory Councillor Charges OAP's For Help.

During my time at Essex county fire and rescue service, barely a shift went by without receiving a call from an elderly person who had fallen in their home, or from their concerned neighbour or carer.

The calls were always the same: a frightened voice, racked with humility and embarrassment, apologising profusely for “wasting” our time. “I telephoned because I know you can get in my house. I can’t get up, you see. I’m so sorry to trouble you.”

I would mobilise a crew and inform the ambulance service, which wouldn’t be far behind. We’re the “fire and rescue” service, you see, and that’s what we do. It was all part of the service, along with rescuing donkeys from swimming pools, righting overturned horse boxes and getting dogs out of lakes. These days the service is so much more than pointing wet stuff at burning stuff.

So news that Tendring district council in Essex is planning to introduce a “falling fee” for elderly residents struck a blow to all that I knew about decency, humanity and my years in the service.

I only did four years and thought perhaps attitudes were changing, so I contacted a former colleague to ask his opinion. He responded with expletives, with anecdotes of broken hips and shattered wrists and ribs smashed on the sides of bathtubs, and how dealing with them needed the professional care that comes of regular first-aid training and having a paramedic on hand.

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Paul Honeywood, a Conservative councillor for Tendring, defended the measure saying the council needs the £26 annual charge in order to continue offering a “lifting service”. “Having consulted users, we have discovered there is a demand – and the idea is now going through the budget process with a final decision to be made in February,” he said.

Ironically, Mr Honeywood is also an officer with the Citizens Advice Bureau , which offers assistance to people who feel that they are being unfairly discriminated against on the grounds of age under theEquality Act 2010. If I were an elderly resident of the area, I might feel that being charged £26 for the inconvenience of growing old would count as discrimination, and might complain to Mr Honeywood at both of his offices. Politics, local and national, feel so desperate and deluded as to be beyond satire.

The falling charge will apply from April, if approval goes through. But this has wider implications. If passed, it will almost certainly prompt other cash-strapped local councils to follow suit. Yet old people will have contributed to healthcare services all their lives, through income tax, council tax (part of which is diverted to their local fire service) and taxes on goods and services. And many of them will have served their countries in the second world war, fighting for Mr Honeywood and others to have the freedom to decide to fine them for growing old.

In Essex, older residents already pay £21 a month if they want a Careline “big red button” alarm system in their homes – the falling fee is extra. The sinister undertone in this discussion is one of fear, and the same old nasty politics. Instil fear in people who are not as young as they were, not quite as sprightly, who may be living alone, and may already be fearful not just of taking a tumble on the stairs but of what the future holds.

For public officials to capitalise on this fear of infirmity is both sinister and cruel. My grandmother, who is in her early 80s, has had the odd fall. But if Southend council thought to offer a £26-a-year service to pop her back on her feet, I’m sure she would politely tell them where to stick it.

Elderly people, save your pennies and buy a £10 mobile phone. Stick it in your pocket, and if you should find yourself needing to be picked up and nobody else can get into your home, 999 is – and will always be – free to call.

In the meantime, this Essex council wants a “consultation”. Let’s give it to them. As Martin Luther King once said: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter … What are you doing for others?”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/20/old-people-falling-down-cuts-councils-essex?CMP=share_btn_fb

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Update To Questions Asked Of Councils In Wales.

I asked several Councils in Wales…
Via Twitter on the 13th April.

What is an appropriate time scale for a manager to respond to matters raised by an AM on behalf of their constituent, please?

As I have already posted – Powys and Gwynedd answered the question.
Cardiff – after a flutter of evasive tweets – did not answer the question.

There was no response from these councils.
The Isle of Anglesey Council.
Wrexham Council.
Swansea Council.

What is the point of Councils having a social media account if they don’t use it ?
Use the accounts or close them down.
Anyone else find Councils ignoring the ratepayers ?

Dennis Hastert and Do-it-yourself Justice.

Dennis Hastert and Do-it-yourself Justice

By Melanie Blow

Dennis Hastert’s name is back in the news again, as the Los Angeles Times has gotten documentation that at least four people have credibly accused him of sexually abusing them as children. His story is so typical, and now that more victims have come forward, his story becomes even more typical. As such, it’s worth repeating.

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In a month where stories of family and sexual violence by celebrities won’t fade from the headlines, we’re now learning about former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, someone third in line from the president of the United States, spent huge sums of money to silence someone he sexually abused as a child.

When I lobby for Statute of Limitation (SOL) reform, the unspoken question hanging in the air is always “why do you want to sue your abuser?” That’s a question worth talking about.

If your TV gets stolen, you’ll realize it shortly after it happens. Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) does not operate that way. A study released in 2013 showed it takes survivors an average of 21 years before they talk about their abuse. That’s a testament to how damaging it is, and how good abusers are at manipulating their victims to silence. So very long Statutes of Limitation (SOL’s) for the crime, or no SOL’s, are essential if we want to stop child sexual abuse. But what good does conviction in civil court do?

The most obvious answer is that successful civil suits make the plaintiffs richer.The ACE study proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that experiencing sexual abuse has lifetime consequences for victims. The CDC has actually calculated the direct costs associated with surviving child abuse to be about $200,000. One standard way to calculate payouts for pain and suffering is to take the actual damages and multiply it by a number between 1-5. Using this formula, a sum of $400,000-$1,200,000 per plaintiff makes sense. Punitive damages are generally capped at 100X the actual damages. So when you look at actual damages, plus pain and suffering, plus punitive damages, the really large settlements we occasionally hear about in cases like Penn State make sense.

The newest wrinkle in the Dennis Hastert case is that his alleged victim, Steve Reinboldt, has been named. Unfortunately, Steven passed away in 1995 from AIDS, taking details of his story with him. It’s interesting to note that HIV itself, as well as two things that cause it (over 50 sexual partners and IV drug use) are linked to ACE scores. So it seems likely that Steven wanted money for medical care, and demanded it from someone who set his life on a painful path full of destruction. And he since he couldn’t do it through the courts, he did it his own way.

There are very tangible, non-financial benefits to sueing a sexual abuser. Successful plaintiffs get legal documents saying “X sexually abused me”. This can be very validating. Suits against institutions reveal exactly how badly the institution behaved- this is very relevant to parents whose children are involved with those institutions. These documents can prevent a sexually abusive adult from gaining custody of a child through the foster care system. States can collect the names of sex offenders convicted through civil suits and assemble them into a database, similar to Megan’s law. This gives employers, CPS and anyone else interested in protecting children from harm another tool to do so.

In defending the usefulness of civil suits for survivors, I used to stop right there. This year, I talked with a CSA survivor who was sexually abused in different states, one of which doesn’t have a Statute of Limitations on child sexual abuse. The DA who would need to do the leg-work to bring her case to trial reluctant to do it. If he refuses to, she will have the chance to sue her abuse. As she put it “I want him to go to the police station once a week and write me a check for fifty cents. I don’t care about his fifty cents, but I want him to have to think about what he did to me once a week, because I think about it every day.”

This feeling of consequence, of justice, is what most people fighting for SOL reform want. One can only imagine this is what Steve Reinboldt wanted, too. While he got the financial portion. He may have gotten a sense of control by taking something from someone who took so much from him, and he may have used this power to protect other kids (“if I hear you’ve done this to someone else, I will tell the papers). This is still not an appropriate action. But it’s tragic that the laws, in Indiana and in so many other states, are so bad that blackmail is the closest approximation to justice for victims.

http://stopabusecampaign.com/dennis-hastert-and-do-it-yourself-justice-2/

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Councils Deleting Criticism Of Themselves ?

Are Councils using public money to remove comments and results from search engines ?

I am noticing that negative comments about Council Services and their employees are no longer to be found on Google.

Someone needs to remind managers that their job is to deliver services to the people.
Not to use Council resources to filter and delete criticism of themselves.

More bad practices ?

I Asked A Question To Several Welsh Councils-Gwynedd.

Via Twitter on the 13th April.

What is an appropriate time scale for a manager to respond to matters raised by an AM on behalf of their constituent, please?

1/2 Our policy is to acknowledge any enquires raised within 5 days and to normally provide a full response within 15 working days.

4:25 PM – 14 Apr 2016

2/2 If the enquiry requires more than 15 working days to be fully investigated, the AM is informed that investigations are ongoing.

I am unsure about the accuracy of this response.
The last time I asked Gwynedd council a question regarding the amount of reserves they hold they were wrong by over £50 MILLION pounds !

I Asked A Question To Several Welsh Councils-Powys.

Via Twitter on the 13th April.

What is an appropriate time scale for a manager to respond to matters raised by an AM on behalf of their constituent, please?

Powys County Council came back immediately.
“we seek to do so as quickly as possible, but certainly to acknowledge within 5 working days and respond within 20 working days”

All inquires are to be dealt with this way -but well done to the Powys Council twitter team.

Blacklisted Victims Taunted By Mary Kerr.

If her tweets about sunny foreign holidays are anything to go by, Mary Kerr isn’t short of a penny.

Unlike victims of the business she ran with her late husband Ian Kerr.

They were behind The Consulting Association, which broke Data Protection laws by compiling lists of union reps and selling the information, which was often incorrect, to construction firms.

This resulted in people being branded troublemakers and refused work, sometimes for having done nothing more than raise safety concerns on a building site.

The Consulting Association was prosecuted by the Information Commission and shut down in 2009, and Ian Kerr died three years later.

Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror

Ian Kerr sold illegal blacklists to construction firms

Justice for victims has been slow in coming but finally around 180 blacklisted workers settled their claims earlier this year when construction firms paid out an estimated £20million.

For others, the fight goes on and next month dozens of claims are due to be heard in the High Court in a case set to run for 11 weeks. So the timing of tweets from Mary Kerr seems particularly insensitive.

“Lying in the sun on the whitest sand, beautiful music playing through headphones, cocktail in hand... smug look on face!” was a recent one.

I asked if she was taunting the victims and she claimed that blacklisted workers had taunted her, and put the tweet down to “my sense of humour”.

One person who isn’t laughing is Joanne Fowler from Liverpool, who set up the support network Families Against Blacklisting after her electrician husband Ian was repeatedly refused work.

“Mrs Kerr wouldn’t understand the struggle to provide for four children when their father couldn’t find employment due to the blacklisting conspiracy in which she and her husband played such a central role,” Joanne said.

“Mrs Kerr should take a hard look at herself and realise the pain she inflicted on families.

“Her taunting displays a complete lack of remorse.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/blacklisting-victims-havent-suffered-enough-7752746

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The diocese said in a statement that the Archbishop of Lyon, Philippe Barbarin, who is under fire over his handling of the affair, "has said repeatedly that he is prepared to cooperate openly with the investigation".

The search of the offices is linked to the prosecution of Bernard Preynat, a priest who has admitted sexually abusing scouts that he was supervising in the Lyon area of central France more than 25 years ago.

Preynat's victims have filed a formal complaint against Barbarin and other leading clergy, accusing them of failing to inform the police of the priest's acts when he became aware of them in 2008.

"As part of the preliminary investigation opened by the Lyon prosecutor, the diocese of Lyon has today handed over to investigators material which could shed light on these tragic events," the diocese said in a statement.

Barbarin, 65, a media-friendly and influential archbishop, has denied any cover-up and pointed out that the crimes date from a decade before he became archbishop of Lyon in 2002.

Last week, he apologised during a mass to victims of sexual abuse.

Quoting Pope Francis, Barbarin said he was "obliged to assume all the evil committed by some priests and personally apologise for the damage they have caused by sexually abusing children."

The scandal is the worst to hit the Catholic Church in France since 2001, when a bishop was given a three-month suspended jail sentence for failing to inform authorities of a paedophile priest.

The Catholic Church worldwide continues to be dogged by cases of paedophile priests and past cover-ups, despite Pope Francis' promise of a crackdown.

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Ex-Nottinghamshire Police Inspector Russell Dew Jailed.

From 2011.

A former Nottinghamshire Police inspector has been jailed for six years for committing sex offences against a 13-year-old schoolgirl.

Russell Dew, 44, groomed his victim by sending more than a thousand emails to the teenager using his police email account, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

He admitted five counts of sexual activity with a child, which took place last year.

The judge said Dew was a dangerous offender who abused his position.

'Obsessed with girl'

The court heard that while Dew was off duty he became obsessed with the schoolgirl and invited her to his home near Newark, where he changed into a skirt and tights before committing the offences.

In one instance, Dew was wearing his police issue handcuffs.

The victim's mother, who became increasingly worried about how close the police inspector and her teenage daughter were becoming, tried to warn Dew off, the court heard.

The offences were brought to light after the girl complained to her teacher and Dew was arrested.

Initially, Dew claimed the schoolgirl was trying to blackmail him.

However investigators found that Dew, who was based at Mansfield Police Station, sent more than a thousand emails to the teenager using his police email account.

In one of the emails, Dew admitted pushing the boundaries and asked if he should stay away from her.

He was suspended from the force after the arrest and resigned from Nottinghamshire Police on 18 August.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-16252445?post_id=932297406790947_1072817972738889#_=_

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Disabled children in Wales 'three times more likely to suffer abuse than able-bodied'.

Disabled children are three times more likely to be abused than non-disabled children in Wales and are less likely to get the protection they need, a new report has revealed.

The NSPCC publication, which will be launched in Cardiff today, claims people’s reluctance to believe disabled children are suffering physical, sexual and emotional abuse is to blame.

The charity says there are “barriers” for the families of disabled children in accessing the right support services.

And it also blames a lack of professional skills, expertise and confidence in identifying child protection concerns and criticises the weakness of an effective child protection response across the UK.

The NSPCC fears cases go unreported because some disabled children have difficulties in communicating what is happening to them.

In addition, there are claims disabled children in residential care face particular risks of harm.

Mark Drakeford, Minister for Health and Social Services, will be at the Millennium Centre today to help unveil the report with the help of schoolchildren from Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn in Morriston, Swansea.

He said: “Enabling children to recognise and understand different forms of abuse is key to ensuring we respond effectively to concerns when they arise.

“The Social Services and Well-being Wales Act will strengthen the statutory framework which underpins how professionals who work with children and adults at risk ensure that they are protected from abuse.”

The report, called We Have a Right to be Safe, makes a number of recommendations to lower the levels of abuse.

It has called on the Welsh Government to introduce sex and relationships education for disabled children to raise their awareness of abuse and their ability to seek help.

The charity also wants to develop a “wider and deeper evidence base” to help the public better understand the vulnerability of disabled children to abuse and how they can be protected.

Viv Laing, NSPCC policy and public affairs manager for Wales, said: “Today’s report does demonstrate that there is knowledge and good practice out there but also that we need to share and build on that to ensure that our disabled children and young people are equally protected.

“We’re very much hoping to work alongside Welsh Government over the coming years to develop our knowledge of the issues facing disabled children and young people in Wales.

“This will help us better understand the issues they, and those who care for them, face so that they can be better protected.”

Ysgol Pen-Y Bryn is also to be the first special school in Wales to pilot an adapted version of the ChildLine Schools Service.

The ground-breaking service, which has to date visited 38,607 children across 684 schools in Wales, uses trained volunteers to help children understand abuse and recognise it if it occurs.

Aron Bradley, deputy headteacher at Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn, said: “As the report identifies, bullying is a particular area of increased risk for disabled children – because they’re more vulnerable.

“It’s very important for them to know what it is and where to get help and we’re pleased that the ChildLine Schools Service will help re-enforce that message.

“They will also provide valuable expert knowledge on sensitive issues which are not easily addressed in school.”

During today’s event, two new bilingual versions of the NSPCC’s successful Underwear Rule guide will also be launched to help parents teach children with learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) about sexual abuse.

The guides were produced in association with Mencap and the National Autistic Society.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/disabled-children-wales-three-times-7960830

Bloody Bloody.

My fourth nose bleed of the week - tut.

The last time I had a nose bleed was just before my first heart attack.

Bloody bloody hell.

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