The Bill covers not just paedophiles who take children's innocence away: it also covers those who entice children into prostitution. When I first entered the House, if we talked about paedophiles, people did not want to know. It was an unpopular subject and people thought that there were just one or two crazed individuals who might be interested in that kind of perversion. I pay tribute to the former hon. Member—now, sadly, deceased—Geoffrey Dickens, who represented Huddersfield, West when I represented Huddersfield, East. He introduced the subject to the House and made much headway in bringing the subject to our attention. I remember when he first spoke in the House; people were not interested, or found the subject amusing, but we have learnt more about paedophiles and their ghastly interests over the years and now we have the Bill.
Sex Offenders Bill (Hansard, 27 January 1997)
is it on itv? shows how much ive been paying attention! I always thought of him as a bbc presenter. apologies - im way off the mark here.ok, so you're saying that the bbc organised the whole schofield-on-itv-shenanigans this morning? or am i reading you absolutely back to front? (sorry, it's been a long day )
so a singer famous in the early 80s as being 'almost a saint' is the latest guess who from the entertainment industry.
Not that one the old people like, and the Christians?
I suppose if you look at it one way, it's no different than entering into a plea agreement in any criminal investigation. I suppose it depends what the details are. The way it's originally worded makes it sound like by saying "we won't tell anyone" they expect all these paedophiles - whose entire lives have been built around making sure they aren't found out - to wander down the nearest cop shop and say "I like little kids, but don't judge me, because I'm going to tell you who else does too." Really, what's in it for them? If they are pretty certain no one is on their trail anyway, and they haven't been approached in an investigation, who is going to offer it up willingly? But, of course, if they are already being investigated for it, there is more impetus - a la plea bargain.
Channel 4 have a councillor who kept extensive files on the whole business.
His name has been mentioned in an article possibly linked somewhere on this thread. If not ive certainly read it myself somewhere else. That is currently assigned 'conspiracy theory' however!
edit: Google - kray twins paedophile cross dressing - 1st result.
Of course if Cameron was really wanting to make a nuanced point he could have talked about the complexity of paedophilia and the fact that it is carried out by people of various sexual orientations. Instead what we got was "Let's not have a witch-hunt and blame the gays!"
*facepalm*
Then again what else would you expect from the BBC's filthy dirty hands?
I’ll just leave this here, as my head is beginning to spin…
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