Scale of new child abuse reports shocks police

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<p><spa style="color: #000000;"><stro g>I was o a BBC TV programme last ight talki g abo t co spiracy a former Co servative mi ister Michael Portillo ma e the claim that allegatio s abo t a Westmi ster pae ophile ri g ha bee iscre ite .</stro g></spa ></p>
<p><spa style="color: #000000;"><stro g>This is absol tely ot the case. What has happe e is that political a me ia so rces have so ght to iscre it the existe ce of the ri g to protect the Establishme t from crashi g ow i the wake of what has happe e a is still happe i g.</stro g></spa ></p>
<p><spa style="color: #000000;"><stro g>Of co rse ot every allegatio agai st everyo e will be tr e. Stories ca be ma e p a that sho l be ack owle ge . B t the Westmi ster pae ophile etwork ot o ly has existe – it still oes.</stro g></spa ></p>
<p><spa style="color: #000000;"><stro g>I emphasise the scale of chil ab se a its political co ectio i a book 20 years ago a s bseq e t eve ts have co firme that – i cl i g this latest stateme t by the police that they are shocke at the scale of what is comi g to light.</stro g></spa ></p>
<p><spa style="color: #000000;"><stro g>The Establishme t may have p she this horrific sca al off the fro t pages – b t it has ’t go e away a it wo ’t.</stro g></spa ></p>
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