Hemming threatens to name social workers in Parliament
Written by the founding editor on 7th January 2007 – 12:29 pmLiberal Democrat MP John Hemming has claimed that Trafford Social Services recently attempted to abduct a new-born baby from hospital. He says: “Because Amanda (the mother) was her self in care many years ago Social Services have continued to harrass her over the years.”
John has alleged that the social workers may have committed a criminal offence, and if they take out an Emergency Protection Order to take the baby in to care he has threatened to name the individual social workers in parliament on the grounds that they would be preventing the child from being breast-fed by its mother.
Naming the social workers in parliament has no direct consequence, but it would almost certainly lead to one hell of a stink.
NOTE (2/10/08): We are sorry, but the Lib Dem Voice team who run this website are unable to help in individual social services cases. You can find contact details for John Hemming MP on his website.
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7th January 2007 at 4:57 pm
Go for it. Name the useless scumbags.
7th January 2007 at 5:36 pm
John might also be in trouble with the local MP, whoever that is. Trafford is not in Birmingham Yardley. But if the local elected representative is unwilling to speak out, someone somewhere has to. If the issue is of sufficient importance, Parliamentary etiquette comes second.
But recall. Jeff Rooker once used Parliamentary privilege to accuse a British Leyland executive of accepting bribes, but was unable to substantiate his claims. It left Rooker looking foolish. And Geoffrey Dickens likewise outed the former High Commissioner to Canada, Sir Peter Hayman, as a paedophile, making out he was ever so brave so to do; when, in fact, “Private Eye” had been running the story for the previous month.
8th January 2007 at 4:34 am
Well done to top midlands MP John Hemming showing once again the courage and commitment lacking in so many other elected officials in challenging a child protection system so foul the sheer scale of injustice goes further than anyone can imagine.
FASSIT is a support and information organisation that has grown out of an increasing number of parents (carers, guardians etc) frustrated at attempting to work with Social Services in the best interests of their child/children. Initially a campaign organisation looking to change views over the legitimacy and ethics of ‘forced adoption’ the organisation has grown to encompass support for individuals at any point in the investigative processes operated by Social Services. In only our first 15months after our launch over a thousand families have contacted us for help affecting approximately three thousand children. Given we are a virtually unknown support group there must be hundreds of thousands affected right across the UK.
Amanda the mother involved in the case as been accused of emotional abuse, yet the baby is only a couple of days old?
Emotional abuse is viewed as a standardised term that allows Social Services a wide remit for inferring in private family life. Much of the outcome of individual reports is little more than prophesying with little evidence (other than subjective anecdotal evidence) or ‘professional opinion’. This leaves both the parent(s) and their legal team searching for definitive criteria, thresholds and evidential requirement to be expected from Social Services in presentation of their allegation(s) and yet invariably this is not the case when presented to Court
In a court that keeps no records of outcomes of cases so we just don’t know if the decisions they are making for thousands of families each year are the right ones?
A court that as never carried out any case research?
A court that keeps no proper financial accounts?
A court where social workers and officials can operate in absolute secrecy in a 5 Billion pound a year industry?
A court responsible for failing thousands of young lives each year resulting in the social catastrophe we all witness in our country each day?
All this in the paramount interests of children?
Everyday our organisation experience the sad and shameful country we live in, where at present a minority of gutless, ignorant and cruel individuals. An unaccountable minority making lives hell for thousands of families and their precious children each year. An unaccountable minority who escape prosecution for their perjurous crimes committed against innocent families in unaccountable family courts wrapped in secrecy.
These are draconian laws, but made worse when twisted by local authority officials using a safety net of secrecy and unaccountability.
‘A Secrecy so foul it kills’
http://www.fassit.co.uk/the_young_victims.htm
Well done again to John Hemming
Layton(Fassit UK)
8th January 2007 at 5:33 am
I think its amazing that John Hemming is standing up for what he believes in. He is a true Gentleman, others in parliament and other areas of Authority should congratulate and support him for his true professionalism and reward him for his courage to speak out and act on something so close to his heart.
congratulations John, a true Gent in every sense of the word.
rebel
8th January 2007 at 5:35 am
I think its amazing that John Hemming is standing up for what he believes in. He is a true Gentleman, others in parliament and other areas of Authority should congratulate and support him for his true professionalism and reward him for his courage to speak out and act on something so close to his heart.
congratulations John, a true Gent in every sense of the word.
rebel
8th January 2007 at 6:19 am
Well done Mr. Hemmings.
If for some reason, you can’t name the social workers, I am willing to plaster their names all over the internet.
We need people like this MP to lead the way forward and more like him to suport him.
Social services and social workers are not held acountable for their actions (when I believe they should be). We do need a social services, but not a mob of power hungry people who wantto show parents who’s in charge. The social services we need are social workers who help, suport and educate parents. The aim should always be to keep the child with the family. Maintain a family unit.
If the parents object to social workers intervention, then the parents should retain their responsibility and be permitted to use it as they see fit. The social services should be obliged to accept the parents decision.
The more Men like this man, the better the UK would be.
Keep up the good work!
8th January 2007 at 6:46 am
Mr Hemming, I salute you. These people NEED to be restrained NOW and made fully open and accountable. The whole system is corrupt and needs to be torn down and rebuilt properly.
8th January 2007 at 9:08 am
john i wish there were more people like you in this country. i too was a victim of the care system and i’m fighting to get my children home. the local authority have lied, manipulated and wrecked my childrens future. the sw involved is twisted and will stop at nothing to keep my family apart.
amanda’s only crime is being looked after as a child, are our childrens’ children at risk from the same fate in the future?
i have upmost respect for you mr hemming
8th January 2007 at 9:25 am
Mr Hemmings you are doing a great job standing up and speaking out. This country needs the secret Family Courts OPENED and let in the public and the journalists so the country can all see that this kind of thing that is happening to Amanda right now is just the tip of the iceberg of a very huge problem - this baby should remain with the mother Amanda, after all she knows better than others who have not been in the “care system” themselves (as have I, another “care” leaver) the harm that it inflicts upon those “parented” by the system and social services.
8th January 2007 at 9:32 am
good look to mr hemmings in all he does for
parents and good luck to amanda and hubby and baby
i too am a mother who,s child went into care at 2 days old
got lost in the system no one knew where she was
no one had files for her
i was told she was adopted at 6wks old
yet she has never been adopted
i got my daughter back after the so called authoritys had cremated her she was aged 33yrs
all i have are her remains and her belongings
i too am seeking justice for there wrong doings
with my mps help no mother should have to suffer any loss of children and the system should be changed to prevent social services from removing children for a mere phone call
they receive annonamously or the fact the parents dont have any money as this was my case
no parents should have to put up with this abuse and ridicule from any body or organisation
in this day and age the prisoners get better treatment than parents who love there children and want them at home
so yes it is hard for parents of children when they go into care and dont know if they are coming back into there loving arms all i can say
is well done mr hemming and i only hope other mps help in this way and there can be a way forward for all parents falsely accused or have been poor like me best regards lynne
8th January 2007 at 10:02 am
Dear John,
it is such a shame that more MP’s do not get involved with the publics concerns over the work that social services do. My perception of the government department is one with dismay and anger, i have heard so many stories from people from walks of life with regards to the help and support they should have recieved from social services.
As a victim of the system too having my son taken from me when i was a victim of domestic violence i find that more and more children are being taken into care not that have been abused but for the ‘at risk of emotional harm’. This is simply ridiculos to take children away from their families as that is direct emotional harm on the child itself. Instead they should be helping vunerable problematic families not stealing children to hit tony blairs adoption targets that were increased by 40% and giving social services some nice bonus’s for doing it! Utterly discusting in my eye that is just state child trafficing.
The Law, childrens act and the whole system needs a big shake up and exposed for what it is, as currently it is only peoples dealings with social services who know first hand how unfair it is.
They have had so much bad publicity over the years and changed their name to ‘childrens and young peoples service’recently,yet they are still the same old department that tears families apart uneccessarily and fail to to their job where they are needed.
8th January 2007 at 10:06 am
WELL DONE AND GOOD LUCK. PERHAPS MORE M.P’S WILL FOLLOW THIS GREAT MANS LEAD. IT ONLY TAKE’S ONE VOICE TO START A ROOM SCREAMING. SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE TO BE STOPED. SECRET COURTS HAVE TO BE OPENED.SOCIAL SERVICES ARE DESTROYING THOUSANDS OF FAMILY’S LIFE’S.
8th January 2007 at 10:29 am
Well done John.
Even if we were all in some kind of so called legal trouble for speaking our TRUTH,then this shows how much of a Dictatorship we live under.
This is how all wrong doing is made right by people having the “guts” to say it out loud and not worry about the consequences through FEAR.
So many people say to us oh be quiet the SS have more power than you think. Look at what they did to X and Y.Even lawyers say as I well know..”kiss their feet if you have to ,to keep your children”
It is this fear to makes these vile people UNTOUCHABLE, that allows the evil to continue and wreck so many families and extended families too.
This in turn extends to all of our society where decent people are now afraid to show love by a hug etc through fear of some busy body calling in the ANTI LOVE SQUAD….SS.
Not all social workers are like that but the temptation of a bonus for every child they steal from a family is often too tempting to resist.
It is 2007 and why would any Government put a quota on the number of children adopted.????
MONEY.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The SS have sold themselves for money.Yes, this they are free to do, but not at the expence of children.
I hope 2007 brings all of these corrupt people out into the open for all to see and drag them through the courts in a civilised manner not like that which they bestowed upon others.
Good Luck John.
You have restored my hope for the future.
Catherine
8th January 2007 at 10:37 am
Well done Mr Hemmings,You could ask the Prime minister when is this country is going to get a minister for children who cares, And does the job they are paid for,keep up the good work Yours michael
8th January 2007 at 10:39 am
Well Done Mr Hemmings, keep fighting the good fight.This is sheer evil and Trafford SS and all the others around the country feeding this cruel system must be held to account for their actions.
8th January 2007 at 10:52 am
Well done Mr Hemmings for standing up for what you believe in.
I hope more MP’s will follow, ss should help family’s, NOT remove children on probability, THE COURTS NEED TO BE OPEN AND SOCIAL WORKERS NAMED.
Love ans support to Amanda and Family.
8th January 2007 at 11:31 am
Well done Mr Hemmings. It is about time the public knew just how corrupt social services are. They are not held accountable for their actions and so carry on stealing children. In my case the ombudsman has found my authority guilty of maladminstration, serious failings and acting below the department of health guidelines, yet she is wanting to bury the evidence with a “local settlement” of £1000. They destroyed my family which was priceless. When are they going to be held accountable? That is the only way to stop them! They tried physical abuse- but we don’t even smack our children, then neglect - but the police would not act, finally they tried emotional abuse - the hardest to prove or disprove. The child protection officer threw the case out and said they should get our son home. They didn’t even try - telling him we did not want him and telling us if we went near him they would arrest us and slap a care order on him. Even when you prove they are corrupt they are not held to account. There is no-one to turn to. (Sorry to go on, my case is one of many, but our stories need telling).
Why do we need adoption targets? Why are they given bonuses for meeting these targets? What happened to keeping families together? Where is the support?
Good luck to Amanda and her family. There is a lot of support out there for her with all the members of Fassit pulling together - Well done to them too!
Hope this will be the year when justice prevails for everyone on the fassit site.
Love to you all!
8th January 2007 at 11:59 am
Yes there is real abuse and I hope that it can be prevented in many different ways but there are also too many cases of social and medical false accusations (how many? how can we know no-one counts them).
There are so many faults with our child protection system in judging how much harm is harm and if anyone did anything wrong at all is hard to judge. The failings range from reports to social services from people who simply don’t like you to mistaking medical conditions or accidental injuries for abuse.
CSome children are being removed either for investigations, or for good, on no evidence. Just the suspicion caused by a referal causes a snowball of ‘fact-finding’ based on assumed guilt with little or no investigation into the parents (suspects) version of events. You can be treated like a criminal, not trustworthy from the outset, just because you say you are innocent.
I hope someone also campaigns, like Layton mentions, for cases to be recorded where parents claim there is an injustice because conveniently there is no head-count of the victims of social services and NHS child protection mistakes.
If a case does not reach court the stain to your good name is almost impossible to clear and will affect your career choices (working with children) and make it likely that any further alleged harm to children would cause them to be lost to care.
Well done John Hemming for giving all this stuff a good airing I hope 2007 gives parents more ways to right wrongful allegations of harm.
8th January 2007 at 12:37 pm
Dear mr Hemming keep up the good up the good work regarding the trafford ss its a pity there isnt more people like yourself . good luck to amanda and her son i hope all goes well
8th January 2007 at 12:42 pm
Well Done John for exposing this abuse of the system at a national level. Ok naming and shaming the social workers involved might not achieve anything legally but I bet they are quaking in their boots as we speak at the very thought.
They know their lives will become hell, just as they have made so many families lives hell over the years.
I have no axe to grind with social services having never had them involved to any great extent in my life, however on a professional level I have experience of social workers lying in court, manipulating evidence and refusing to meet their clients most basic Human Rights.
There are many problems with this whole system and we need an independent review carried out to improve future outcomes for families wrongfully accused and ensure our most vulnerable children are cared for with love and respect.
Last thing we want is for baby J to have to fight a similar case in 20yrs time because he was “forced” to enter our dismal care system.
Best wishes John, and of course to Amanda and all the family. We are all here for you.
8th January 2007 at 1:33 pm
well done john this barrbaric action needs redressing best wishes to amanda and family
8th January 2007 at 3:50 pm
Congratulations
Name every one of those corrupt liars
8th January 2007 at 5:41 pm
I fully support Mr John Hemmings in the naming of the social worker publically in the house of commons involved with trying to take amanda’s baby into care. Once one has been named and shamed others will certainly follow, this is the only course of action as the child protection system will only get worse (if that’s possible) if nothing is done. Thank you John for all you are doing to save our precious children from the care system, and good luck in all that you do.
8th January 2007 at 6:02 pm
Go for it!!
The SS done the same thing to myself and my x girlfriend, they came and took my son from hospital without my knowledge, just because the x had her daughter taken into care when she was in a previous relationship.
Have fought the SS in court to no avail
8th January 2007 at 9:45 pm
well done mr hemming, the recent actions of the social services i feel has re-affirmed to me that they only prey on those that are vunerable…how much more vunerable can one get. a mother that has just given birth…how much lower must they sink, before the grumblings of these parent groups becomes an almighty shout. they are growing quite quickly and need a champion , i sincerely believe you are the man for the job.
carry on the good work, respect too you…..
paula
8th January 2007 at 10:42 pm
I take my hat off to you Mr. Hemming. God knows the child protection system is corrupt through and through, unfortunatly this government does not, or more likely doesn’t care. Please continue with your work, so many people watch you with hope. You must be a couragous and honest man. I wish there was more like you and then maybe we wouldn’t have this situation where ss get away with perjury and so much more. until recently I always thought the law of the land was the same for everyone, silly of me. Please help Amanda and her newborn. We need transparency in family courts and a FULL STOP TO ALL FORCED ADOPTIONS.
I have kept all records of my case for ten months and the paper work from ss is nearly two foot high. SS are the masters of spin and when that does not work they lie. I will definatly go public with everything I have, no matter what the outcome is. Regardless of punishment.
Thankyou so much.
8th January 2007 at 11:48 pm
Hi
I want to congratulate John Hemming on helping this poor distressed mother and her newborn baby. This country’s system is draconion, barbaric and inhumane. This “snatching” which is based on “balance of probability” needs to be stopped. Do these numpties have crystal ball? No they do not so how can they know how a baby will turn out in 5 or 8 years time. They talk utter bulls**t!
Freebird
9th January 2007 at 12:09 am
Hi I have been with Amanda and Baby Jach, I have never witnessed such absolute humiliation and intimidation, Stress and physical pain put upon someone who has just given birth. There was a prisoner there being allowed to bond and by happy by the new arrival of her child, even had a lovely person handcuffed to her. Amanda has been denyied any of this, not sat down, not stopped desperately phoning to get immediate help as they given her hours to get representation, she has nearly collapsed and they refused my request to see a Doctor for her. They have used an Inspector Smith to go in and threaten that if she leaves the hospital they will arrest her or if anyfamily try to intervene, made her sign documents under duress, I have tried to act as a shield to some of this for her as I dare not take her out as she is terrified of the police as they brutally attacked her last year, she has had to take them to court, you really have no idea what Trafford Social Services and Greater Manchester Police and Wythenshaw Hospital have put her through within 5 hours of giving birth. She is still in there under house guard, without a court order saying this should be the case, they are keeping her and Jach prisoners and there is nothing I can do. This is so brutal, this is why John Hemming is prepared to act, She has had to attend court as they tried to get an order to forcibly remove the child, they didnt get one but she is still a prisoner, She has got to go and register the baby, in manchester, AM be in Court in Manchester, 3 pm county court, she can hardly walk. Oh and through out all of this she has had the sole care of Baby Jach and has brest fed him constantly, phone in one hand, pen behind her ear, feeding Jach under one arm and fighting off Social Workers and Police. http://www.e-j-a-c-h.spaces.live.com The Hospital are failing and aiding in no care of Amanda,s needs, she has no money so she cant buy anything, she cant afford to top up the tv to hear a background sound and see whats going on in the world,
John Hemming Thank God your alive right now.
Chrissy
9th January 2007 at 12:24 am
Guess who,s the MP for Amanda area is, she has written to her for support but never replies to. That is why another MP has had to do it. Her name is Beverly Hughes, the childrens minister. I hope she can explain how she is allowing this to happen right under her nose. And she cant use the excuse of not knowing what methods are being used in her constituants as many have written to her. Now we have it on tape and in the open, A brave man to take this on.
Chrissy
9th January 2007 at 10:14 am
Go go go,
Perhaps you should look leeds as well. I put a complaint in about my SS and they told me that they felt that i wasn’t complying 100% (which i was) and said that they where considering placing my son into foster care. I had to retract the complaint..
9th January 2007 at 10:17 am
I can also add that I have seen forced adoption… parents with learning disabilities hassled to the point of given up there children. I have been lied too, held improsened, blackmaild, nealry lost everything because of the SS.
name the lot
I really hope John get his way *fingers Crossed*
9th January 2007 at 1:44 pm
Hats off to John Hemming, Like some other commenters on here I have been in direct contact with Amanda. How she has been treated should never be inflicted on anyone. ITS ABUSE. maybe even go so far to say ‘emotional assault’
Social services need to rethink their whole concept of ‘care’ and these idiots that are harrassing a new mother and her baby must be held accountable for what they have done.
Amanda Jach and Family, my thoughts and best wishes are with you. Love Laura xxxx
9th January 2007 at 1:45 pm
I think if John Hemming was Prime Minister, Britain would be a better place to live, he’d have my vote anyway!!
9th January 2007 at 7:22 pm
Well done John Hemmings,
The scandal of the SS and Family Courts passion for abusing vulnerable families is reaching into open public debate - ably assisted by the unwillingness of Beverley Hughes MP and Harriott Harman MP to address the matters (presumerably because they are implicated in the scandal).
Its the biggest story to yet break in the British press - bigger than Iraq, bigger than the Kelly affair, bigger even than any of Blairs lies. The wholesale removal of children from loving families to feed a greedy and malicious (and profitable) forced adoption policy is something unimaginable in say Rumania or Zimbabwe, but almost impossible to comprehend occuring in the UK. Yet it is occuring, regularly and with the assistance of a legal system steeped in secrecy and reluctant to follow the normal bounds of lawful precedence or procedure. Social workers have become some accustomed to perjuring themselves and altering or even destroying evidence.
I would urge anyone with children or grandchildren to investigate for themselves the media coverage concerning this evolving scandal. It is rare for anyone otherwise unaware of it to not rapidly come to the conclusion that something is horribly wrong with the Social Services and Family Courts in this nation. Some people and organisations are figuring it out for themselves (such as Norfolk County Council recently (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6243155.stm).
In the meantime I believe it is implicit that any social workers, solicitors and barristers, police officers, journalists and politicians with an ounce of personal or professional integrity assist in identifying the perpertrators of the these terrible crimes being inflicted on children and loving but vulnerable families. FASSIT is increasingly turning to the use of technology to aid the victims of SS injustice and thus protect innocent parties from this immoral and corrupted system of systematic welfare and legal abuse.
11th January 2007 at 6:00 pm
Dear John Hemming,
Thank you very much for someone in authority who has a voice standing up for parents against an unjust and corrupt system. The day is coming when all those who have wronged many parents will be brought to account.
As decent honest upright citizens we are appaulled at what is going on. We are right behind you.
Someone in Govenment needs to make these people accountable and be able to justify their actions.
The Pilot Family.
15th January 2007 at 2:30 pm
Well done, so glad someone is willing to stand up for people being hounded by Social Workers in North Wales. My son and family has left the country to avoid ss taking away his children. After the CPS said there was no incriminating evidence against my son, accused of abuse, sw’s tried to take their children. Even though a report from a “friendly” social worker, who now has been moved away, and is uncontactable, said they were a lovely family, and the children were well adjusted and happy. My son and daughter in law were devastated. Thanks to those in the know, we were advised to get them away as soon as possible. Now they can never come home, but at least they are altogether.
18th January 2007 at 6:35 pm
u go for it mr hemmings!, these people need to be named & shamed. it’s digusting how they think they can come & just rip a family apart. these people don’t have aheart, they have a swinging brick!
23rd January 2007 at 2:28 pm
well done, Sir, make this so called officers stand up for their beliefs that they no better than anyone else.
then do the same, with the CAFCASS officers, then Family Law Solicitors and judges and get them sorted and I will vote Lib Dem for the first time in my lifetime.
Oh, by the way bring back Charles!!
23rd January 2007 at 2:43 pm
Having dealt with the SS over time regarding my ex’s alcoholism and its effect on the children, I can verify they are worse than useless.
The whole system of ‘Secrecy’ and ‘Unaccountability’ ensures that nothing ever improves in the family court system and within Social Services.
This is a national on-going travesty for our children.
Good luck Mr Hemming, I’m not a natural lib-dem but would certainly vote for you if I was in your area.
regards
Jeff
23rd January 2007 at 2:51 pm
naming these evil people is not something thats new to me.however i think a MP naming them is going to do nothing but good.
i for 1 am willing to repost names and wrongs social services have done to my children.
the sadest thing about this is its not just one department but many throughout the country.
NICE ONE JOHN
23rd January 2007 at 2:55 pm
Sudden influx of commenters on this post - where are you being referred to here from, please?
23rd January 2007 at 4:27 pm
While you are at it, check this out too: Female ex internal whistle blower exposes the evils of the America Family Court system.
http://www.hipcast.com/playweb?audioid=Pacc83e3c51f75b3084f4612be4b667efYlB%2BQ1REYmJ8&buffer=5&fc=FFFFFF&pc=CCFF33&kc=FFCC33&bc=FFFFFF&brand=1&player=ap21
Or here: If the link above does not work try this one:
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2007/01/21/ex-michigan-child-support-enforcer-discusses-her-expose
Once there, click the link that says: Carol_rhodes_and_robert_pedersen
Then click the small arrow that appears on the new page in the far left of the browser window.
This is coming here is the left wing, radical feminists are not stopped!
23rd January 2007 at 4:50 pm
Rob, this link was posted on the forum of the Charity - Families Need Fathers (FNF) and the campaign group Real Fathers for Justice (RFFJ). A few of us have had dealings with the SS and hope you welcome our comments.
Amanda is also being assisted with support and advice from both FNF and RFFJ members, because unlike Family Law and Social Services we do not discriminate against people on the basis of their gender or for any other reason.
Regards and thanks
Jeff
23rd January 2007 at 5:14 pm
also link has been posted on dads_uk
ROB
this story has made a lot of people think. i and many others have been treated worse than animals by so called profesional people.i have even been stolen off(i have proof) by a social services worker.i have a letter from a judge condemning social services and cafcass. this country needs to hear the truth.it needs to know this type of thing can happen to anyone.
please feel free to contact me for more info if you need it.
23rd January 2007 at 7:13 pm
Hi,
All are welcome, just wondered why the sudden re-ignition in the comments on here, now I know
R
23rd January 2007 at 8:10 pm
Many New Zealanders will also support initiatives to curtail the family-wrecking power of know-it-all social interventionists. The situation seems much the same in NZ. The question arises: why are child social services and social workers so often seen to behave unreasonably? The answer is probably that feminist and socialist ideologies underly their beliefs and the laws under which they operate. When the principles are misguided the outcome is unlikely to be sound.
23rd January 2007 at 8:44 pm
hopefully wwe will have John as our next PM we need someone with heart
24th January 2007 at 5:46 pm
Go for it name em anyway i am suffering a similar problem no nazi (SS) is willing to help, thank god for an MP who can see sense
24th January 2007 at 8:03 pm
newzeland likes our SS an old 1 i have had the mispleasure of knowing tried to get a job there
26th January 2007 at 7:44 am
Thank God for people like you Mr Hemmingway. My daughter and son in law are at this moment in time -fighting to keep their 3 week old twins - The SS want them for adoption - I have witnessed first hand the barbaric and atrocious treatment they have and are still being subjected to at the hands of social workers which they were introduced in October whilst my daughter was still carrying her babies. The SS are not basing their case on accusations of violence or any other kind of physical harm - but ‘future emotional abuse’ - with no real explanation or evidence to back up what they are saying and I might add - they could find a reason for saying this about any family in the country if they so wished to -My daughter and son in laws story is horrendous and I won’t go into detail at this moment in time- but to say that the children are at this moment in temporary foster care and both my daughter and son in law are in a terrible state and are without doubt fighting this case - but please can you tell me why when Tony Blair set adoption targets and offered councils huge bonuses to speed up the process - he didn’t consider that this would only serve to drive SW’s to target newborn babies to meet their targets and the children which are hanging around in care homes which he was hoping would be helped - would remain hanging around in care homes.
The other point I would like you to look at is article 8 of the European Human Rights Act - ie
In the matter of unborn baby M; R (on the application of X and another) v Gloucestershire County Council.
Judge Mumby - concluding thoughts - ii) At the risk of unnecessary repetition I emphasise that the removal of a child from his mother at or shortly after birth is a draconian and extremely harsh measure which demands “extraordinarily compelling” justification. The fullest possible information must be given to the court. The evidence in support of the application for such an order must be full, detailed, precise and compelling. Unparticularised generalities will not suffice. The sources of hearsay evidence must be identified. Expressions of opinion must be supported by detailed evidence and properly articulated reasoning.
The case I have highlighted was supposed to set a precident - so why do the courts appear to be ignoring this.
Please Please keep up the good work Mr Hemmings - there are so many people - both now and in the future who are relying on you.
In early 2005 - The Daily Mail and also Theresa May highlighted the atrocities within the SS with regards to the taking of Newborn babies - I think the Daily Mail entitled their report ‘The Child Snatchers - That was nearly 2 years ago - and little or nothing appears to have been done to address this matter.
26th January 2007 at 7:54 am
I am a bit worried because I have just opened this website and found my works e-mail address on there - Please do not use. Many thanks
27th January 2007 at 4:35 pm
Well done for supporting such a worth cause. The zealous Social Service, secretive Family Courts and the Government have much to be ashamed of. The public should be able to have view of these cases for the good of the nation. Such important issues as removing children from natural parents should be accountable and there is no reason in an open society that the names of the professionals, their skills and their findings and decisions should be shared with the public. Then and only then will we all know if there is real injustice taking place, or whether the actions taken are honourable and respecting the rights of children and their parents appropriately.
This issue is only part of the overall problem of how family breakdown, transition and change is handled in an ever changing landscape of what constitutes a Family unit. There is also the dangerous and widely used mantra of Child Best Interest of Welfare, which has no clear boundaries and is the easiest of cop outs for politicians and so called family law and social professionals.
The State interference in Family Life is unwelcome, and should be limited to real cases that truly need such serious intervention. Beyond this, the State should step back and fund support services to promote healthy Family life and respect for all members proportionate to any problems that may exist. Today, sadly that is not the case, and bad cases, bad law and bad handling of past cases has lead to bad process today.
13th February 2007 at 5:35 pm
My only baby has just been taken from her daddy and I. We are under suspicion of harming her but they have got it wrong. We love her more than anything else. I can’t sleep and can hardly eat. The social workers are cruel, spiteful and heartless, spreading lies about us and invading our privacy. They have not once investigated or even been to our house. She was taken from the hospital. No-one is telling us anything. How can they declare we are child abusers when they know nothing about us and have not spoken to our family or friends?
15th February 2007 at 7:58 am
Dear Heartbroken Mum. For whatever reason - It sounds to me asthough somebody has made a serious complaint about you - but the SS should have informed you of the nature of the complaint - but they rarely do - infact I imagine they will have blown it up out of all proportion to suit themselves. As far as the SS are concerned - an allegation is fact no matter who it has come from & they will have acted on the complaint alone. They will not want to speak to your friends or family because they know they will not get the answers that they want to hear. You must get legal advice ASAP and request an emergency court hearing to have your baby returned to you immediately quoting the Article 8 & 6 of the EHRA. If your baby is not returned to you - Appeal straight away - because all Family Court Judges have to take these laws seriously. There are always other avenues open to you too if they won’t return your baby - You can always state that you will go to a family assessment centre in order to prove yourselves. Good Luck.
16th February 2007 at 3:24 pm
Dear Mr Hemming - Why have we heard nothing further regarding action to be taken regarding the SS and the concerns that have been highlighted?
11th March 2007 at 7:41 pm
Thankyou Mr. Hemming,what a relief for future decent families.I lost one of my four children recently to adoption with no evidence on me as a mother.I,m still left baffled and confused as are my other children.I turned to alcohol(as many of us do in these cases.)My children at home are struggling to cope alot and i am suicidal as a result of ss actions and lies.I wish i could do something to get my son home,but it,s to late.I e.mailed a local councillor for labour.No wonder they didn,t help me,they encourage adoption.I find it unbelievable.Thankyou for doing something to stop these powerful people who make us so powerless at the cost of breaking up our families.
19th June 2007 at 2:42 pm
could you also add the social workers in Goodhue County, Redwing,Mn to the list of scumbags> They lie so much they convince themselves they are telling the truth.
Grandma in Florida
27th June 2007 at 2:41 am
trafford social services ruined my life! i fell pregnant while in care, i was neglected by them and was never taught about contraception. my social worker tried to force me to abort, i wouldn’t, but she was determined. on the day of my scan, she turned up unexpectedly, and said she was taking me. i realized we were going a different way, and on the way to the clinic to have an abortion. i fumed! a nurse had said to me that i could only carry on with the pregnancy if my mum said i could, otherwise, they could force me to have it done. i walked out of the clinic. she made many attempts, one of them trying to soften me up over mcdonalds, telling me she had an abortion, she did it to get back at her boyfriend. because of refusing to end my childs life, she took me to court, and said i was seen leaning over a child touching him, which is far from the truth, and that i am capable of hurting my daughter, again, far from the truth. i then became depressed, and my gp put me on pills, but when i got them i was refused them, they wouldn’t give them to me. i got worse and worse , but they just left me, they saw i was getting ill, but i was too much paper work for them. there was a point i wanted to die, in november 2001, i left hospital after self harming and got into a taxi, gave him a note, and ran out of the taxi and jummped off holyhedge motorway bridge in wythenshawe, manchester. they messed my head up so bad. for the last three years i have been very well, got married and have just had a baby, as soon as trafford found out, they were on to the services in my new area, to have him put on a protection register, what does he need protection from? my love, everything that a child needs, he gets. a social worker came to see me, she took one look at me and must of thought what are they talking about and dismissed their application. theres no doubt their’ll try again but they haven’t got a leg to stand on. trafford social services destroy lives not make them better.
9th September 2007 at 2:06 pm
If you go to rottenboroughs.com you can name and shame all the police officers, social workers etc, this site is protected. A lot of MP’s like Frank Dobson won’t get involved with Social Services. Moira Gibb the nasty social worker who gave evidence in the Victoria Climbie case, is now the Chief Executive of Camden, she rakes in half a million for each white kid she gets adopted, black kids don’t get targeted here, they’re not sellable, they get beaten to death over and over again, no many how many reports you make. Even when idiot Social Workers hear it themselves. Also go to the parliamentary megaphone and the newspaper megaphone posted on most of the father’s website, write your plight and it gets sent to every MP and UK newspaper, don’t forget to name and shame the social workers, borough and the excuse they are using, any judges involved, schools, teachers, and anyone else involved they all deserve a beating. Until everyone floods the MP’s with their letters, most of them will do nothing like Frank Dobson. The more letters the less excuse they have but to change the law, think about it a paedophile doesn’t always have to go to jail, but a parent who fights for their child/children can face prison? Yet a Social Worker can’t? I am surprised however there are not vigilante groups beating the hell out of these evil rodents, a poor excuse for a human being. They should go to prison and pay for their hate crimes against parents. As for Harriet Harman, the minister for justice and her solicitor sister, are we really expected to believe that between these 2 they can’t find a loophole to make these scumbags accountable?
20th October 2007 at 10:37 am
20.10.07.
I have found that much of what is said above by people about “the rotten UK social services and unaccountable government system” that we have to endure, translates over to the state theft climate. State theft is something that the government has allowed social services/nhs partnership personnel to set up, when elderly people start to need extra nhs care. The 1946/48 NHS act flies out the window and in march the solicitors brought in by social services, to take matters through the secret Public Guardianship / Court of Protection corridors in order to push families to one side and eventually sell off the elderly person’s home . The profits are then ploughed back into the system to line the pockets of greedy corrupted solicitors, and to bolster the public purse. By also giving back a minimal amount to family members after the funeral has taken place, the government manages to stop the family members saying that the state took everything and that they received nothing from the deceased person’s Will .
Isn’t it time to stop social services and their unholy alliance with the dishonest and secretive evil twin departments - the Public Guardianship Office (PGO) and Court of Protection (COP). Executive and legislative powers should be kept separate if we are to continue a civilised and relatively free society. By allowing the PGO and COP to operate and expand it is frightening. Their expanded powers will mean further disaster for family finances. The government is making more and more strenuous efforts to bring state theft by unaccountable bodies, without changing the law on the 1946/48 act – because that would be political suicide. They should be stopped acting so dishonestly and so destructively towards families.
This can be done by firstly making a separate complaints bodies to strike out corrupt solicitors who help set up a climate of state theft by indulging in unprofessional activities and being found to unduly influence and steal money from their elderly clients. One example is that of Ms J Pleass in Clacton, supported by Ms H Pleass, Ms H Giles and Ms M Giles, Mr R Plummer, plus key individuals at firms such as Pleass Thomson & Co, Birkett Long, HW Law, Gotelees, Giles Wilson and Sparling Benham and Bough (SBB) etc.
Next the solicitors having been struck out by what ever the complaints and regulating body is, should never be allowed to work in that same field of work again. So if a firm like SBB dealing in matters over the property of the elderly and their property management company gets wound up by the DTI and Companies house, they should not then be appointed by the Official Solicitor to take on matters representing the elderly once again. But in my parent’s case they were appointed re matters concerning their property. If a job is done criminally, unprofessionally or badly, The Official Solicitor should not then reappoint those same bad firms to continue the same type of work with some other vulnerable people. The fact that the Official Solicitor did appoint SBB, shows that they were either ignorant about SBB’s past or else it was done deliberately to help eventually effect state theft, and to support the PGO/COP’s efforts towards selling off my parent’s assets before they could pass them on through the their Will.
Corruption in this country is clearly sophisticated. It passes most by. We have the illusion of freedom whilst being unreasonably restricted at every turn by networks set up by power hungry or criminally minded officials. These officials allude to policy, which I do not believe the politicians fully agree. These officials are supported by greedy solicitors who in turn are supported by warped social services/nhs psychiatrists such as Dr Mann at Clacton Hospital and compliant GP’s wanting to keep their head down and stay in the UK, such as Dr Kaiser at Tendring PCT board and the 98% immigrant Drs who staff the psychiatric services – especially around the North London.
If we are saying that we should sell our homes to pay for nhs care after 60 years of age, then let us change the law to do so, and put aside this expensive secret game plan that is currently taking place – and which we call state theft.
21st January 2008 at 9:24 pm
i had my 2 girls taken from me in 2003 , i did nothing wrong basically my 16 mmonth old baby had a tiny bruise on her face , as babies do wen they start to move around , they made up all rubbish accused me of being on drugs and not feeding my girls , my older girl was 6 and was devastated, i was treated like dirt , they managed to turn my family against me , i had to go to court , was not allowed my family in and on the final hearing i never got to speak , never allowed to say a word to the judge , he simply read their paper work and made a freeing order so i was never given a chance to give my side, it has ruined my life , im still very depressed , trhey are adopted now and im allowed a letter a year
it makes me sick wen i se drug addicts being allowed to keep their kids and parents who dont care
last may a posh couple left 3 kids alone in a hotel in a foreign country, so they could go out for a meal . one went missing , If a young single mum left her kid alone in her own house over here social services would take that kid , this just proves that social services only pick on vunerable mothers , usually young single mums and usually those on benefits or on a poor wage , you never ever hear of kids being taken from wealthy upper class people because they know that these people would have money to employ the best solicitors and would have their kids back in no time
30th January 2008 at 3:26 am
Well done Mr. Hemming it is about time someone stand up for us, Social Services and the enitre system must look at life from a humatarian and family point of view, not draconion brutal methods and the poor, innocent arrested-minded ones suffer as well their Loving Parents.
Hats off to you
1st February 2008 at 12:21 am
I can emphersise with any one who beenwrongfully acusedbysocial service i allso have been acused so have my daughter theytake children from a good home to live with some one where they get abused when they complain they dont act on it breaks your heart to see your child sufer these and caf cas stick together and judge listens to them thse evil people are worst than the gsstapo their the devils advocate a there should be more good people like mr hemmings why cant we all get together and make a stand we all meet in london and protest i willdo any to help set a date and let us be heard fight for our rights .another loving mam and grandmother
8th March 2008 at 2:19 am
Iam an inocent mother who has been wrongfully accused by social services caf cas oficers and judges are the most evil people they conspire lie and threaten you physcoligist give false reports on you social worker they cover up cases that inocent mother reports andthey do nothing about it the accusers go free they suport them inocent mother has child took of her because child spoke out what had hapend to her and child is put to stay with accusers for punishment these authaurity are like a load of sheep they follow one another they use a gagging system on you not to talk they covre up their tracks and threaten you with prison if you try to defend yourself they put more orderson youi willfor an inocent child speaking out this case was not investigated its about time social services were fully investigatedfor the cases they cover up another heart broken mother from south wales M J
15th March 2008 at 8:52 pm
It is interesting how this entry has continued. This case was the first Justice for Families supported and we have managed to resist the state’s attempt to broker this particular baby.
However, if people wish help with fighting the state in its attempt to steal their children please email:
23rd March 2008 at 2:17 pm
mj as you can see from this page what i have been wrongfully accused of emotional harm of my child but in my case thats not the case they accused me of this because they covered up a case which they didnt do they job tidy its so easy to put the blame on innocent mothers.they come to u homes take u child and ruin your lifes they remove a child without no order and they take you children illegaly im not giving up i will keep on fighting for my child just like leann rimes how can ilive without you this song is deadicated to all mothers who have they kids taken from them
29th April 2008 at 11:23 pm
My grandchild was removed from his family.The “rookie” social worker, qualified for one year, was guided through the process by the Guardian from Cafcass. The judge complimented Cafcass on the guidance to the social worker.
The social worker had waded in with lies and distortions of the truth.My grandson was ear marked for forcible adoption, but we have fought, but our grandson is now in foster care. The carers want special Guardianship, and have described our family as a stumbling block to the proposed long term fostering. The carers came up with their own solution, which social services are attempting to push through…remove all access to our grandson, from the paternal family. We are back in court for the final four day hearing in June. As blood relatives, we want residency.My husband and I had a glowing viability assessment, in Jan 2007, then the rookie replaced the old social worker, and behind her came the Guardian.In Feb 2007, she came to our home , and told us our grandson would have his memories of us. The alarm bells began ringing.We are not an isolated case, and we will fight, because we will not be brow beaten.They have closed ranks to punish us, one by one. We are a decent family, I am a highly qualified nurse, respected in my field of Cancer Care. I feel sorry for the people who do not have the fight we do. The first thing is not to feel shame, if they tell/ write lies about you. Hold your head up, and fight with every thing you have.Once you hang your head in shame, they have the upper hand.I am of course talking about the innocent.We have been denied documents, even though party to the proceedings. Again a common tactic.I am about to put in a complaint to LCC, and if they don’t respond, then my MP, and if he doesn’t respond, then ill do as i’ve done before, get all the MP’s emails (available on the internet) and forward my complaint to them all.
Blanket saturation, and you may get some one who will take notice.
John Hemmings is our champion. Its time other MP’s supported him.
30th April 2008 at 3:50 am
As a ‘Pom’, and Liberal Democrat now living in Australia (and a mature-age MSW student), I sympathise greatly with most of the above comments. But..we should never lose sight of the fact that there are children being born to chronic drug abusers right now. Many of the latter simply do not have the capacity to care properly for their baby during what I consider to be the most important years of their children’s lives (approx. up to around the age of two). In such sad situations it is surely better that children be removed at birth and placed with an available loving adoptive family before the bonding process takes too great a hold, and not afterwards which simply compounds the problems for all concerned. I speak from personal experience: my partner is caring for the baby of drug-addicted parents (her brother is the father of the child) and she is doing, so far as I can tell, a far better job than could the 25 year old mother who tragically spends much of her time (and has done since the age of 12)’out of it’. Babies rights must come first. The idea is that you get well,and then you have your children. It is simply unfair, even cruel, to condemn an innocent baby to remain in the primary care of parents patently unsuited to parenting during its crucial early years.
I can’t say I’m aware of the case MP Hemming refers to,and am not suggesting for a moment that the parents in that particular case are chronic drug abusers unsuited to parenting, but I accept, at the very least, that it seems to have been badly handled by social services. Often social workers lack sensitivity but they are generally very caring people simply trying to do the best job possible. It is for the most part, a thankless task. But the needs of the new-born baby and young child must come before (and not secondary to) those of long-term substance abusing parents. Early adoption by stable, caring parents is preferable to allowing the baby to bond with chronically addicted parents, or the tragic often-used alternative, a foster care system where a child goes back and forth from one placement to another. Get well first, then have children, and not the other way around. That is a mantra worth constant repetition until something is actively done to bring about a society where children can reasonably expect to have a stable, loving (and not a chaotic, unpredictable)upbringing.
Of course, I do not mean to downplay the very real suffering natural parents go through (often lifelong) as a result of losing their children. Nor do I discount the exceptions to the rule where occasionally drug-addicted parents do a great job of parenting against enormous odds. I hear the cries of those whose parents were, on the face of it, stable yet were simply not up to the difficult task of parenting. No doubt,my comments will be attacked on this site (probably often by people who read into my comments something I did not say, or did not mean to infer). But my primary concern is the rights of the child, which should be affirmed every bit as strongly as the rights of the parent.
2nd May 2008 at 11:42 pm
my heart goes out to maureen brownand other mothers and granmothers i allsohave been falsely accusedby social services and they took our little child from us they have put me through hell they are taking children from good homes making out we have done something wrong they lie sceam putting false evidence on you why cant we demonstrate in london through out the country otherorganisations do each and every one of us should fight for our cause
5th May 2008 at 2:21 am
SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FOR THE CASES THEY COVER UP THEY LIE ABOUT YOU PUT MORE AND MORE FALSE EVIDENCE ON YOU THREAATEN YOU WITH PRISON SO YOU DONT SAY A WORD TO NO ONE MORE SO THEY USE A GAGGING SYSTEM ON YOU AND SOCIAL SERVICES CAF CAS AND JUDGES ARE THE VERRY EVIL PEOPLE TO DO THIS TO YOU AND TO INOCENT MOTHERS SOCIAL SERVICES AND CAFC CAS DO COVRE UP CASES AND THEY COVRE UP THEY TRACKS TO FROM MJ
16th May 2008 at 11:31 am
No one is interested un till they are personally affected, then its too late.
The public would be shocked about what goes on behind closed doors, but its to the benefit of the law and policy makers, to keep every one in ignorance.
We are very ignorant, of our rights, the power of the family courts, the corruption by social workers, and it goes on.
My family are fighting now. The one thing I know is, we are helpless. so many people gone through the same thing, we are powerless to help each other. We have been effectively, divided and conquered.
If this was any where else, there would be protesting on the streets. Liberty, and Mind totally useless.Whats the phrase, as much use as a chocolate teapot.
Its scandelous whats happening to us and our children.
Time to stand up and be counted and begin to fight back. The one thing weve all learnt is there is no help for us, so we must make our own. Our young children have a bounty on their heads. Slavery is alive and kicking in the UK
16th May 2008 at 11:50 am
Any one who will reform the family court system will get my vote.
Why is John Hemmings having to fight this, what appears single handedly.
Why can social workers lie, with impunity.Why cant the judges who act on their information, not recognize a “bum steer”?
Why is every one so complaisant.
Its about time we stood up for our own rights, instead of fighting every one elses.
We are all worried about terrorism.
We are all worried about immigration.
We are all worried about global warming.
We are all worried about the rise in the cost of living.
Why aren’t we worried about Family Courts, and the children being snatched by social services.
Why aren’t we worried about our pensioners, living in poverty, with most of them having actively contributed to this country.
We have our priorities all wrong.
The UK, and its politicians need to concentrate on the human rights of the people of this country.
let the immigrants fleeing their own country, go back and fight for them selves.let our politicians, fight for our rights for a change.
We are too soft, a walk over, and its us who should be changing that.
Isn’t that why we have elections…..Why do we end up picking the best of a bad bunch.
More people of John Hemmings caliber are needed, but appear to be thin on the ground.
Hate the “im alright Jack” mentality of people in this country.
Well Jack, no ones alright, and it will get worse, so what are we going to do…
France wouldnt stand for this, there would be protests in the streets.we should be looking at how other people react, and protest, because it simply isnt effective, to give no one your vote.No wonder we have no voice….
19th May 2008 at 2:55 am
wenot say it bettermy self milibulmwe should be united and make a stand stick up to these eviel people every one else demonstrates why not us why shoud we let them take our children from us its just like slavery the s sget payed for taking our children from us with back handersits coruption with caf cas s s and judges in the closed courts why cant we all stick by John Hemming who is helping us lets demonstrate every one else do the s s have taken our humane rights from us to be a loving mother or granmother to our childrenits time for a change like the goverment have elections they should get rid of the social services and put in another organisatin in one who work for the childrens rights not take them from loving familys and good homes to be placed where they get abusedthe s sshould change theyre name to sick services asthey are eveil lets make a stand there is enoughof us to stick up for our rightsand fight to get our kids back we cant let them away with this united we stand from a loving granmother who is heart broken
20th May 2008 at 10:29 am
since you are all on the subject of social workers, have they the righ to not tell a client who’s been phoning the social worker up and acusing somebody of hitting another. becuase the social worker my friend has is terrible and he has been accusing her huspand of hittin her in her mothers home when he did not.
so has my friend got the right to know who has been acusing her of being hit or if the person saw this happening or heard that it happened?
23rd May 2008 at 11:55 pm
why is it that solial services caf cas have got no rite to falsely accused you of harming your child it is solial who give the children emotional harm what is more emotional than taking children from there mother and loveing homes Where they are more protected. this system should be changed and a another organisation should be put i place. SS should be named and shamed and fully investiated for the lies they say about you and the faulse evidences they put on you. lets all get together and name and sharm ss and caf cas offcers for the injustice to innocent mothers an familys. From hart broken mother MJ
24th May 2008 at 1:10 am
But Hemming is an unreliable fibber, isn’t he? The court says so.
25th May 2008 at 9:44 pm
chris paul why cant you give a true and acurate coment not just a couple of words this forum is for the motherrs who has had an injustice done to them and if you was half the person john hemming is then you could have a shout he has the guts to speak his mind and tries to help innocent mothers why do you condem some one like MR HEMMINS
27th May 2008 at 4:29 am
THIS COMENT IS FOR CHRIS PAUL WHY HAVE A GO AT MR JONH HEMMING HE IS A GOOD MP AND A GOOD MAN FOR THE WORK HES DOING HELPING INNOCENT MOTHERS AND FAMILYS TO GET KIDS BACK TO LOVEING HOMES. MR HEEMMINGS SPEAKS HIS MIND AND THATS WHAT WE LIKE SOMEONE LIKE MR JOHN HEMMING TOHELP US TO GET OUR KIDS BACK. AND ITS THE SERVICES CAF CAS THAT LIE ABOUT YOU I THINK MR HEMMING IS A 100%MAN HELPING ALL US INNOCENT MOTHERS AND FAMILYS YOU GOT MY VOT MR HEMMINGS FROM MJ
27th May 2008 at 8:53 am
The issues raised by the judgment in RP v Nottigham City Council are not yet resolved. Obviously I do not accept the arguments of the judges on this.
27th May 2008 at 7:31 pm
Chris Paul is talking through his rectum, must be a conservative.
John Hemmings is a highly respected man, and most people do not hear about him, untill like many of us, have become victims of social services.When you have, one of the first people you begin to hear of, fighting for us, and our rights is Mr Hemmings.He’s the one who gives us hope. Change will come, it will take time, but we have to unite, and fight for changes in the Family Court System.There are too many falsley accused relatives.I