Monday 14 July 2014
Yes, yes yes – result: Butler-Sloss steps down from child abuse inquiry
Pressure over outrageous conflict of interest causes Baroness to bow to the inevitable.
Now Cameron – appoint someone we can have some faith in. I know it’s the last thing you want to do, but people are onto you now and it’s not as easy as it used to be is it?
‘Retired judge Baroness Butler-Sloss has said she is stepping aside as the head of an inquiry into allegations of historical child abuse. Downing Street said “it was entirely her decision” and a new chair would be appointed within days.
Lady Butler-Sloss has been under pressure to quit from MPs and victims concerned about her family links. Her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s.’
