Feminism: chat
ChattyLion · 02/08/2021 08:30
Link about him and the Desert Island discs interview.
What a stellar career he’s had so far and what a staunch public interest defender: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58047464
I really enjoyed reading about his life story too- he has had some absolute tragedies, making his dedication to girls and women more poignant.
‘The prosecutor of some of the UK's most notorious sex offenders has told of how he quit as a defence lawyer after not wanting to represent an alleged rapist.
Nazir Afzal went on to become the chief crown prosecutor in the Rochdale grooming gang cases in 2012.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, he said he had never celebrated a successful case as "nobody should be harmed in the first place".
He said those guilty were mostly men who wanted to restrict women's choices.’
Childrenofthestones · 10/08/2021 19:08
Sorry I've been offline
GrouchyKiwi said "Why is that?"
Because he is the reason I found out that under Gordon Brown PM and Jackie Smith Home Sec the following all forces circular came out from the Home Office.........
Nazir Afzal, ex Chief Prosecution Officer, speaking on radio 4 on 19th of Oc 2018 said
"You may not know this, but back in 2008 the home office sent a circular to all police forces in the country saying - "As far as these young girls being exploited in towns and cities, we believe they have made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour and therefor it is not for you police officers to get involved in" "If that's the landscape coming from the top down in 2008, rest assured all agencies are going to listen to it."
www.change.org/p/the-british-council-inquiry-gordon-brown-jackie-smith-mp-permitting-sexual-abuse
An informed choice? They were as young as 11.
After voting Labour all my life, I will never vote labour again as long as I live.
TatoAndBeans · 10/08/2021 19:22
@Childrenofthestones bloody hell, that’s chilling. It’s so frustrating being Left-leaning economically and instinctively Labour… but then I see this, Harriet Harman’s links to PIE, Lisa Nandy’s assertion that she’s happy with rapists being in women’s prisons and I think “nah, they hate women and can’t be trusted to safeguard children”.
Childrenofthestones · 10/08/2021 22:44
@GrouchyKiwi
Unspeakably awful.
I cant tell you how close I came to putting my size 9s through the telly when I saw Jackie Smith on Good Morning Britain after Sarah Everard was killed by that copper, spouting off saying we need to do more to protect women and girls. 😡
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