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Rotherham abuse scandal: Children's services director Joyce Thacker quits
BBC News ^ | 19th September 2014 | BBC News

Posted on 09/19/2014 10:46:17 AM PDT by the scotsman

'Rotherham council's director of children's services has resigned in the wake of a report which said 1,400 girls had been abused in the town.

Joyce Thacker had been under pressure to step down since the publication of the Jay Report.

The council said Ms Thacker "is to leave... by mutual agreement, with immediate effect".

It had revealed this week she was on sick leave.

The council's leadership had been accused of "blatant" collective failures in a report detailing the sexual abuse mainly by gangs of men of Pakistani heritage from 1997 to 2013.

Keith Vaz, the Commons Home Affairs select committee chairman, called on her to resign earlier this month.

After appearing before the select committee that was investigating responses to the sex abuse, Ms Thacker refused to leave her job.'

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: rotherham

1 posted on 09/19/2014 10:46:17 AM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

That’s it?

That’s her punishment?


2 posted on 09/19/2014 10:49:45 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: the scotsman

Looks like Rotherham is finally flushing their political toilet. Sad it’s a decade or more late. Also, since Rotherham is a long way from London, it shows the world just how depraved the entire UK is today with respect to their “immigration policies.”


3 posted on 09/19/2014 10:54:43 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: the scotsman

The followers of Mad Mo will vote for UK Labour and in return Labour will let them practice their rape Jihad on white children and ... ?


4 posted on 09/19/2014 10:57:27 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: the scotsman

A small start, this and the previous story. If these officials had any sense of decency, they would hang themselves. If the government had any sense of decency, it would prosecute these officials and the perpetrators of the abuse. If the people of the UK had any sense of decency or survival, they would drive out the Moslem invaders.


5 posted on 09/19/2014 11:01:32 AM PDT by omega4412 (There is no god but God and Mohammed is the prophet of Satan.)
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To: george76

The left has a long running alliance with Islamists.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Let’s tear down the system together.


6 posted on 09/19/2014 11:13:53 AM PDT by BeauBo
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the rats are leaving the ship..


7 posted on 09/19/2014 11:23:36 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: the scotsman

Any word about her partner? She had to also know what was going on.


8 posted on 09/19/2014 6:17:26 PM PDT by BobL (Don't forget - Today's Russians learn math WITHOUT calculators.)
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To: the scotsman

And who did she report to for 16 years, and on up the line?

And are there some elected officials, with oversight committees?


9 posted on 09/19/2014 6:25:28 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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