Monday 16 July 2007

State Abuse of Power

Iain Dale's blog drew my attention to a Sunday Telegraph article which has made my blood run cold. Two young children, a new baby and a two-year old, were taken into care when a doctor suspected abuse. While the parents have now been cleared of any wrong doing, social services have told them that their children are never going to be given back and they will lose all communication with them - they are to be adopted by a childless couple - and there is nothing the parents can do about it.

That is clearly wrong and just shows how much the state can do in certain circumstances without any form of redress for those affected.