"A social worker has been struck off after disclosing confidential information about vulnerable children."
"A fitness to practice hearing in Flintshire was told Kirsty Ann Morton's actions had `serious and far-reaching implications`, making removal from the register the only option."
"These included the threat of legal action."
"Ms Morton worked for Denbighshire council when it happened in October 2014, the Care Council for Wales said."
"She had allowed information about four families, including some involved in child protection cases, to be seen by another person, the hearing was told."
"Chairman of the committee Islwyn Jones said Ms Morton had `deliberately` disclosed the information to someone `close to her` whom she felt she could trust."
"`Once the information was released the registrant had no control of it,` he added."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-36084746
We are supposed to believe this will never happen in Scotland, a joined up government and a model for the world ? Come on....
Monday, 25 April 2016
A disappointing phone-in with Nicola Sturgeon
The Highland Council is also dragged out by Nicola as a success story for the Named Person system without admitting that there were nearly 8000 child plans as a result of this pilot in an area that generally only had about 62 children at risk. What did these secret interventions involve?
I think `unprecedented` is the correct word for that.
Hear the programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077nmjt (for another 29 days)
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Scottish Liberal Democrats slammed SNP record on civil liberties
"Nicola Sturgeon wants to extend the NHS central register, which is already the `most complete and authoritative record of individuals in Scotland`."
"It currently covers about 30 per cent of people living north of the Border, but ministers want to extend this and share information stored with more than 100 government agencies - including HMRC for tax purposes."
"A similar population register was ditched south of the Border when controversial and expensive plans for ID cards were scrapped in 2010."
"Scottish Liberal Democrats leader Willie Rennie yesterday slammed the SNP over their record on civil liberties as he set out plans to abandon the Big Brother database and give citizens new rights over private information held by public bodies."
"Ms Sturgeon is also under pressure to scrap the SNP's `state guardians` after two-thirds of Scots judged the scheme to be `an unacceptable intrusion` in a recent poll."
"Only 24 per cent of those surveyed believe every child in the country should be given a named person to look after their welfare."
"The survey for the Christian Institute also found 50 per cent of parents believe the Government wants to interfere too much in family life..."
"Mr Rennie accused the SNP of `eroding our traditional freedoms here in Scotland`."
"He added: `Civil liberties are inalienable rights that need to be protected vigorously. Whether we are talking about the creation of a new Big Brother database that the experts say would put our privacy at risk, the industrial scale use of stop and search on children as young as five years old, the SNP's record does not bear scrutiny.`"
"Liberal Democrats would give citizens new rights to see who within public bodies has accessed their data."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/664030/Threat-civil-liberties-SNP-Big-Brother-plans-slammed?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-news-showbiz+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+News+%2F+Showbiz+Feed%29
Another foreign kid snatched in the UK
"... Desmond Tutu’s Zimbabwean grandson and his mother, who have now entered their third week of being holed up at the Zimbabwean Embassy London, appeared at the hearing in court via Video link."
"At the hearing, the [London Borough] of Sutton fought vehemently to force the Teen to retain the solicitor G Reed that he had ousted. And when Mr Justice MacDonald conceded that Mr G Reed had to cease acting as the Teen’s legal representative because of their irreparable professional relationship the LB of Sutton still went to great pains, to try to convince the judge that the Teen should revert to being represented by his Children’s Guardian, Ms Claire Brooks."
"In October 2015, the Judge had made a decision that the Teen should have his own solicitor, after he had determined that the conflict of interest between the Teen and the children’s guardian was so vast that there was no way his wishes and feelings could be represented by her. The children’s guardian had always taken the position of the LB of Sutton and nothing had changed since then."
"When the Teen was asked to state his own position in court, he blasted the judge, the local authorities and the solicitor. His message was clear and precise:- The UK had no Jurisdiction; no one therefore had the right to force him to undergo any assessment in the UK; his doctor at Huntercombe Hospital had testified that he had mental capacity on 30.03.2016."
"The Teen asked the judge to pause one question to the LB of Sutton, the Guardian and whoever is opposing his decision to go to Zimbabwe the question "Is the Interim Care Order going to be discharged today and if not why? What are the benefits of keeping me here in the UK" The Teen demanded that the judge pose this question to the LB of Sutton there and then but the judge declined, citing that this was not a question and answer session. Instead, the judge stated that he needed to get a mental assessment of the Teen done first and secondly he needed to ascertain that the views the Teen had stated were his own. The Teen’s response was that he would never subject himself to any assessment in the UK because of the corruption he had experienced and if at all an assessment were to be conducted, that would be by a doctor of his own choice."
"The Teen raised further questions, `Why does the LB of Sutton want to keep me here when I am not a resident or Citizen of the UK, I was just here on a short visit as a tourist, they have failed to send me to school for one year and all they have done is to abuse me while in their care?`"
"The Teen got so emotional that at one point he stated that when he listens to the hearing in court its like hearing people in suits but they are acting like babies in diapers."
"The Teen’s mother is being threatened with imprisonment for failing to comply with the judge’s collection order. So before the end of the hearing, the Teen asked the judge, `Is my mother liable to arrest if she leaves the embassy of Zimbabwe?` Justice MacDonald’s response was, `I have made a Collection order in respect of you and the court requires your mother to obey that order` that means, the mother should have forced the 16 year old, to leave the embassy against his wishes and feelings and be placed back in the juvenile prison that he had run away from. The Teen asked further, `And is it an offense if she doesn’t obey the order and release me to you?` and the Judge’s response was, `It is`..."
"John Hemming, former Lib. Dem. MP of Birmingham, who listened to the Hearing as the Teen’s proposed McKenzie Friend, advised the Teen to alert the judge to the Fact that the LB of Sutton must provide solid evidence as to why they would want to deprive him of his Liberty to move to Zimbabwe. John has been vocal about the Teen’s predicament and has taken this case to the media."
http://www.foreignkidssnatchedbyuk.com/2016/04/23/desmond-tutus-zimbabwean-fugitive-teen-tells-judge-macdonald-they-all-deserve-to-be-in-a-mental-hospital/
"At the hearing, the [London Borough] of Sutton fought vehemently to force the Teen to retain the solicitor G Reed that he had ousted. And when Mr Justice MacDonald conceded that Mr G Reed had to cease acting as the Teen’s legal representative because of their irreparable professional relationship the LB of Sutton still went to great pains, to try to convince the judge that the Teen should revert to being represented by his Children’s Guardian, Ms Claire Brooks."
"In October 2015, the Judge had made a decision that the Teen should have his own solicitor, after he had determined that the conflict of interest between the Teen and the children’s guardian was so vast that there was no way his wishes and feelings could be represented by her. The children’s guardian had always taken the position of the LB of Sutton and nothing had changed since then."
"When the Teen was asked to state his own position in court, he blasted the judge, the local authorities and the solicitor. His message was clear and precise:- The UK had no Jurisdiction; no one therefore had the right to force him to undergo any assessment in the UK; his doctor at Huntercombe Hospital had testified that he had mental capacity on 30.03.2016."
"The Teen asked the judge to pause one question to the LB of Sutton, the Guardian and whoever is opposing his decision to go to Zimbabwe the question "Is the Interim Care Order going to be discharged today and if not why? What are the benefits of keeping me here in the UK" The Teen demanded that the judge pose this question to the LB of Sutton there and then but the judge declined, citing that this was not a question and answer session. Instead, the judge stated that he needed to get a mental assessment of the Teen done first and secondly he needed to ascertain that the views the Teen had stated were his own. The Teen’s response was that he would never subject himself to any assessment in the UK because of the corruption he had experienced and if at all an assessment were to be conducted, that would be by a doctor of his own choice."
"The Teen raised further questions, `Why does the LB of Sutton want to keep me here when I am not a resident or Citizen of the UK, I was just here on a short visit as a tourist, they have failed to send me to school for one year and all they have done is to abuse me while in their care?`"
"The Teen got so emotional that at one point he stated that when he listens to the hearing in court its like hearing people in suits but they are acting like babies in diapers."
"The Teen’s mother is being threatened with imprisonment for failing to comply with the judge’s collection order. So before the end of the hearing, the Teen asked the judge, `Is my mother liable to arrest if she leaves the embassy of Zimbabwe?` Justice MacDonald’s response was, `I have made a Collection order in respect of you and the court requires your mother to obey that order` that means, the mother should have forced the 16 year old, to leave the embassy against his wishes and feelings and be placed back in the juvenile prison that he had run away from. The Teen asked further, `And is it an offense if she doesn’t obey the order and release me to you?` and the Judge’s response was, `It is`..."
"John Hemming, former Lib. Dem. MP of Birmingham, who listened to the Hearing as the Teen’s proposed McKenzie Friend, advised the Teen to alert the judge to the Fact that the LB of Sutton must provide solid evidence as to why they would want to deprive him of his Liberty to move to Zimbabwe. John has been vocal about the Teen’s predicament and has taken this case to the media."
http://www.foreignkidssnatchedbyuk.com/2016/04/23/desmond-tutus-zimbabwean-fugitive-teen-tells-judge-macdonald-they-all-deserve-to-be-in-a-mental-hospital/
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