poliphilo: (corinium)
poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2014-07-02 11:08 am

Re Rolf Harris

Don't give sentimentalists the benefit of the doubt. They're always evading or covering up some truth.

[identity profile] veronica-milvus.livejournal.com 2014-07-02 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That is an interesting maxim which I will test.

I see that items which passed across the desk of Leon Brittan are in the news today, BTW.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2014-07-02 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a major child abuse scandal hanging over the political elite and they're doing all they can to stop it from breaking...

[identity profile] veronica-milvus.livejournal.com 2014-07-02 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
It goes further than just the political elite. And today there's a nice MP making a fuss about it and wondering what happened to that dossier that went missing. If it was written in 1995, surely it will be on a floppy disc somewhere? I really hope so. But it will only take those abused boys to step forward again and I suppose it could be reconstructed.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2014-07-03 08:57 am (UTC)(link)
According to the papers there were two copies of the Dickens dossier- the one that Leon Brittan managed to mislay and another that Dickens's widow says she destroyed.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2014-07-02 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I Suppose that with Rolf Harris sentiments and memories abound (even the ghastly stylophone :o) which makes the betrayal all the worse.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2014-07-02 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Savile was a huge presence in the entertainment industry but I don't think anyone actually liked him. Rolf, on the other hand, was loved and trusted.