Just seen a Tweet from Justin Webb that, shamefully, the Cheltenham Festival is the only one that is featuring the book or interviewing Hannah.
There have been a few things that have peaked me, but the overall lukewarm response from so much of (un)civic society has so shocked me. In my top five of major peaks, if not Everest, then K2 at least.
I remember when the findings of the inquest on Baby P was made public, the fury was palpable, from the public, to journalists, to institutions.
Today? Re (un)civic society's response to the Tavistock, anger is muted, frustration is selective.
For me, it's worse than just a failure of protecting kids, or a medical scandal. It's a collective loss of confidence at the heart of liberal society. Those involved in the scandal have lost confidence in themselves, replaced with defensiveness, and working to avoid scrutiny, and we've lost confidence in institutions we used to take for granted had our, and our kids, best interest at heart ie the NHS and healthcare generally.
I naively thought Hannah's book would be not so much a wake up call, but a bucket of cold water to the face, or an electro shock to institutions to absolutely do a handbrake turn. Boy, was I mistaken.