Comments on: How to keep up the pressure on MPs over Baby P http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/01/how-to-keep-up-pressure-on-mps-over.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Anonymous http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/01/how-to-keep-up-pressure-on-mps-over.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1608 Anonymous Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:48:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=2046#comment-1608 Absolutely agree that you should stop using this tragedy as a one up on labour in your game of party politics. Your unrealistic, naive and seemingly ignorant understanding of the complexity of this issue and the fact that you seem to be egging on one of the most disgraceful tabloid campaigns I have ever seen continues to undermine your position as a credible MP and likewise any of your colleagues, from any of the political parties who have become involved (especially Ed Balls who frankly should have known better). If we actually let people who cared about getting to the facts and supporting the people involved in this case then we would be governed by people who were fit to serve. I have lost my faith in the entire political system - not social servies - they are the ones trying to face reality and make a difference, a thankless and almost impossible task. Absolutely agree that you should stop using this tragedy as a one up on labour in your game of party politics. Your unrealistic, naive and seemingly ignorant understanding of the complexity of this issue and the fact that you seem to be egging on one of the most disgraceful tabloid campaigns I have ever seen continues to undermine your position as a credible MP and likewise any of your colleagues, from any of the political parties who have become involved (especially Ed Balls who frankly should have known better). If we actually let people who cared about getting to the facts and supporting the people involved in this case then we would be governed by people who were fit to serve. I have lost my faith in the entire political system – not social servies – they are the ones trying to face reality and make a difference, a thankless and almost impossible task.

]]> By: Philip Lane http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/01/how-to-keep-up-pressure-on-mps-over.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1607 Philip Lane Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:46:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=2046#comment-1607 Hmm, and of course the Lib Dems didn't throw everything at this campaign... I think acres of rainforest must have been cut down to supply the paper for all the leaflets you put out...and every single one of them headlining on Baby P and in the end you finished third. Isn't it time you stopped politicising this issue? Hmm, and of course the Lib Dems didn’t throw everything at this campaign… I think acres of rainforest must have been cut down to supply the paper for all the leaflets you put out…and every single one of them headlining on Baby P and in the end you finished third. Isn’t it time you stopped politicising this issue?

]]> By: Lynne Featherstone MP http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/01/how-to-keep-up-pressure-on-mps-over.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1606 Lynne Featherstone MP Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:59:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=2046#comment-1606 Labour certainly threw everything at the by-election in one of their safest seats in Tottenham. Their candidate said there had been hundreds of Labour helpers come in to work the ward. So I guess you are right - that Labour so feared that Baby P might become an election issue they put an effort like I have never seen in my thirteen years here.<br/><br/>And they still got a swing against them of nearly 10%. But quite frankly - that isn't the point of wanting a public inquiry.<br/> <br/>Haringey Labour's refusal to listen to all the warnings about children at risk in Haringey is an arrogance that is unforgivable. And whilst many Labour hacks would like the issue to fade away because it probably does cause them, and rightly so, political embarrassment, the reason for wanting a public inquiry is to root out the rest of the rottenness and do everything possible to improve things.<br/><br/>The resignations and sackings from Haringey Council are the tip of the iceberg and the measures that Ed Balls is taking, which are right in the first instance, don't touch on any of the wider issues that need examination. Labour certainly threw everything at the by-election in one of their safest seats in Tottenham. Their candidate said there had been hundreds of Labour helpers come in to work the ward. So I guess you are right – that Labour so feared that Baby P might become an election issue they put an effort like I have never seen in my thirteen years here.

And they still got a swing against them of nearly 10%. But quite frankly – that isn’t the point of wanting a public inquiry.

Haringey Labour’s refusal to listen to all the warnings about children at risk in Haringey is an arrogance that is unforgivable. And whilst many Labour hacks would like the issue to fade away because it probably does cause them, and rightly so, political embarrassment, the reason for wanting a public inquiry is to root out the rest of the rottenness and do everything possible to improve things.

The resignations and sackings from Haringey Council are the tip of the iceberg and the measures that Ed Balls is taking, which are right in the first instance, don’t touch on any of the wider issues that need examination.

]]> By: N4 resident http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2009/01/how-to-keep-up-pressure-on-mps-over.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1605 N4 resident Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:31:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=2046#comment-1605 I'd have thought that the Seven Sisters result would have shown you that the public do not appreciate your party playing politics with this issue. I’d have thought that the Seven Sisters result would have shown you that the public do not appreciate your party playing politics with this issue.

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