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Originally Posted by lettie
Oh dear, it looks like I will have to bow to your superior knowledge of the budget and internal workings of Social Services and their staffing levels and caseloads.  In my reasoned opinion, the buck stops with the parents who, IMO, were the perpetrators of this tragedy.
Shoesmith may come over as hard faced, but until I have access to both sides of the story, I shall not be referring to anyone as a "cheeky, self-centred bitch." I will reserve my judgement until the full facts are available. I know from bitter experience that the bigger the cock up, the greater the need to blame someone else and drag people down. The people to be blamed here are the parents, who, brought a child into the world who they were totally incapable of looking after. |
Lettie I totally agree with you, it is the parents to blame, but when parents are feckless scumbags like these most definitely were (well Te mother was) then it is up to the powers that be to take the appropriate action to safeguard these most vulnerable children, they can't fight for their own lives. Like Taggy said Shoesmith got right up my nose the fist time she gave an interview, she just had the attitude of "I couldn't care less, now excuse me while I go and powder my nose before I go out to lunch". The thing is that these people are supposed to be highly qualified and are paid accordingly (well in their terms that is) and as such the buck really does stop at her desk