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Kids Company closing is tragic, irrepective of who is , or is perceived, to be at fault (which, quite frankly, we probably all are in some way).
A lot of vulnerable young people are probably now even more so.
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Stupid phone deleted my extended rant. Here are some key points;
Fuck
This was an effective hatchet job by the government and the media.
Some journos are cunts. Paying vulnerable kids for their stories to serve your fucking headline grabbers.
"Doesn't represent value for money" - fuck you. Seriously, fuck you. Does £6m spent on earplugs for the MOD that then subsequently had to be scrapped represent value for money? Where was the Newsnight and Buzzfeed investigation into that? Or the £7.2m spent on a mobile mine detection system that didn't work. Why isn't the person who signed that off being vilified and attacked because of their appearance and upbringing?
These historic allegations. Why did the whistleblowers not report them at the time? Where was their duty of care to protect the young people? How were KC to have done anything about it if they weren't told?
Don't be surprised when the suicide, crime and neglect numbers go through the roof in the areas directly served by KC centres and youth workers.
There was more but I've depressed myself enough rewriting that
stevo_com
Ben Goldacre on Kids Company closing is sobering
https://twitter.com/bengoldacre