Labour MP,Simon Danczuk has stressed the importance that police have enough resources to properly investigate child abuse claims. His comments come after it emerged that South Wales Police have begun to investigate allegations about former House of Commons speaker George Thomas.
Again I make no comment about this case or the wisdom of this course of action. Paedophilia is a horrendous crime and any allegations must be investigated fully. I do not condone the behaviour of anybody
Equally important though is the principle that all accused are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty and this particularly includes anybody accused of paedophilia or racism.
George Thomas, who later became Viscount Tonypandy and was a distinguished MP for Cardiff from 1945 to 1983, died of cancer in 1997 at the age 88. As with other VIPs (including Jimmy Saville and Cyril Smith although there is no smoke without fire) no serious allegations were made during his lifetime and he was never convicted of anything.
It is vital that innocence is presumed until guilt is proven, if ever but I'm not very confident.
Slowly but surely, slice by slice our long established rights are being eroded. It is slippery slope
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