Tim Loughton MP
Every MP in Parliament is to be asked by former Conservative children’s minister, Tim Loughton, and Zac Goldsmith, Tory MP for Richmond, to sign up to the original call by seven MPs of all parties for an independent panel to be set up by Theresa May, the home secretary.
The latest move revealed today by Exaro news is a further acceleration of a campaign which has now attracted support – at the latest count of 53 MPs.
The original seven – as well as Loughton and Goldsmith – are Tom Watson. the Labour MP who raised the Peter Righton scandal in Parliament; Simon Danczuk, who has written a book and raised the scandal about serial paedophile Sir Cyril Smith;Liberal Democrats Tessa Munt and John Hemming and Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP.
Full details of the letter sent to Theresa May and a full list of the 53 MPs backing the inquiry are on the Exaro website.
Westminster Confidential 
Excellent news. I did email my mp Stephen Crabb (tory) he was rather dismissive ie wait for the outcome of current investigations and criminal proceedings. Not good enough in my opinion.
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My MP too, and I can only think that anyone who voted for him has never had to actually contact him. Replies are lofty, dismissive, standardised, mechanical. Worse still, he just seems to follow the party line, and never shows any interest in the real lives of folk down here. There are too many of these in the HoP.
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Reblogged this on Thinking Out Loud and commented:
This may be a very interesting development. Some senior MPs and their bag men appear to be singing from, what is it called? Oh yes – the same hymn sheet which means the subject has been discussed and instructions aka guidelines have been issued.
Do you find that odd? Surely the reaction of every sane person would be to immediately agree to a full, open investigation, what objection could there reasonably be? I find the ‘we must wait’ for this that and the other thing mantra very odd.
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Pippakin
very interested if you get more than one reply with similar wording rejecting need for an inquiry. could you let me know? David
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I get very few comments. If I do get some from politicians I will certainly send them to you.
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thanks very much.
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You probably already know of this blog which deals with child abuse. If you haven’t seen this post you might find it interesting, The odd thing is that when questioned about their support or more likely lack of for inquiries politicians all seem to have a variation of the same theme.
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Reblogged this on Vox Political and commented:
Good. This will sort out the statesmen – and women – from the pretenders.
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I wrote to my MP Mike Freer about the inquiry, and eventually received what I now see from Ian Pace’s blog is the stock answer. I thought the wording sounded curiously unlike him – but how very interesting, and infuriating.
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Seems to me our lot are slow off the mark. Thank God for the FOIA (US) at the DHS @ Murray Drive Washington DC. If you think the revelations over here are bad wait a few days for ones from the USA.
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More to come from Angus Crawford. Also appears the Guardian made a massive mistake in the 90’s that resulted in people looking in the wrong place and wrong people.
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My Mp Alan Campbell has known about Medomsley abuse for over a decade, he has not signed YET???
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