RESPONSE TO BABY P
I am writing this as chief executive of Westminster Children's Society, which looks after more than 600 children across London - but, more importantly, as a human being.
What has disturbed me most about the case of Baby P, wherever the 'blame' may ultimately come to rest, is the use of the word 'saddened' by leaders of the various organisations involved.
Quite simply, we should not be saddened. We should be furious.
Furious that, as a supposed advanced society, we have failed yet another child. Even more furious, that supposed experts who were directly involved considered it acceptable to leave a child covered in chocolate and cream, and to never once think to question the state of his care, at least sufficiently to actually do something about it.
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