DH has just rung me from a conference he's at and told me that Sharon Shoesmith, whose incompetence had a role to play in the death of Baby P, is the keynote speaker today.
Apparently she's talking about 'Uncertainty in social care, is it our only option?' or something along those lines.
I am struggling to understand
- why anyone would want her to speak about any kind of social care, given the findings of the enquiry in Haringay Social Services at the time and
- why she thinks it is acceptable for her to do such a thing with her past record?
Apparently BBC News, Sky and ITV News are at the conference covering it but why on earth is it happening in the first place?
My instinct is that it is just plain wrong on every level.