10th May 2015. My message to myself and to other survivors of crimes committed against them as children or as vulnerable adults is to ignore what most of mainstream media is saying about the outcome of the 2015 General Election and continue to concentrate on the task in hand which can be summarised as
1. Supporting the work of the police and the Police Commissioners (who will remain) in the investigation of current and past crimes against children and vulnerable adults, without regard to who the alleged perpetrators have been or are, and in this respect do or say nothing which could prevent a prosecution from taking place .
2. Supporting the raft of measures previously introduced by the Coalition Government under the leadership of Home Secretary Teresa May designed to support victims to achieve a more meaningful sense of justice and where appropriate to rebuild their lives in a more constructive and positive way than has been possible before, together with measures to limit the extent of future crimes against children and vulnerable adults in the UK.
3 Bringing the attention of government, the Opposition likely to be shared for a time between the defeated Labour Party and the victorious Scotland National Party, and to Parliament in general, to the need to recognise that achieving effective and lasting implementation of policies and programmes to help survivors and limit further crimes against children and vulnerable adults requires additional financial resources and the deployment of people who understand the issues and are committed to what is now necessary.
4. Pursuing the prosecution of Lord Janner and the removal from office of the present Director of Public Prosecutions whose blunder needs to be more fully explained given the consequences for the trust in the justice system and the message about pursuing living politicians that was delivered to the police and area prosecution authorities.
5 Giving realistic support to the Goddard Inquiry and the UK CSA People‘s Tribunal, understanding the framework in which both inquiries can operate and the limitations of what they can be expected to achieve in the medium and longer term
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6 Supporting the understanding of the political power and economic structure in the UK and the needs for lasting fundamental and effective reforms to our institutions of power coupled with the individual empowerment of victim survivors together with those of the families who have not survived and about whom little has yet been heard.
7 Supporting action which will bring to public attention the extent and nature of the past covering up of crimes against children and vulnerable adults and where it can be established that the motive for the organisation and participation in the covering up was not based on the national interest, the exposure and the prosecution of such individuals.
