Dear John (see I have to be nice to you now...) Admittedly I don't possess your clarity of thought, but could you clarify something for me:
You don't want children adopted
You don't want children "languishing in care"
What do you want:
Maybe no children ever removed from parents, even those that will eventually be murdered or abused and neglected throughout their childhood.
OR - am I missing something? Please clarify/enlighten me.
I'm being facetious of course.
I would like to point out that the children who you deem to be "languishing in care" are actually being cared for the length and breadth of the country by dedicated foster carers, who are coping with some of the most emotionally damaged children in society, given their pre placement experiences. It is an absolute insult to all foster carers to say that these children are "languishing in care."
I know from the past that you have a complete lack of understanding of child development, but I have to stress that children being removed from parents will by definition all have suffered from significant harm, and that harm does not dissolve once they are removed from their parents/carers, they "take it with them" to the foster home and it remains to a greater or lesser extent throughout their lifespan.
OK the LCC case - yes those boys were horrendously let down by the system. The fact that the Aunt could not cope with them is a great pity as this "wasted" the crucial early years of them being removed from the parents (these formative years are crucial in a child's development) and what happened (or didn't happen next) is well detail in the link you provided. The fact that the Freeing Order was not revoked was an oversight but I don't see how it would have made any difference at all to the fact that a series of foster carers were unable to cope with the challenging behaviour of the boys (brought about of course by their experiences)
Spero has given a detailed and precise response to some of the reasons why the boys were failed by the LA, and so I don't propose to duplicate her post, other than to say that I found the evidence of the IRO in the High Court particularly pertinent, describing massive overload of cases. I was saddened to read of the ill treatment of the boys by certain foster carers, and although rare this can sometimes happen. I would say however that the vast majority of foster carers do an excellent job in caring for children for whatever reason cannot be adopted i.e their age (middle years aged children and older) they are part of a large sibling group or children with disabilities.
I see you are posting this LCC case again and again but can I point out that this is ONE case and is not representative of all children in the LA system
I know you find this concept difficult to take on board, but if you really think about it, my assertion is logical is it not?