Vet the world!
The fetish for vetting anybody who goes near ‘the vulnerable’ is becoming more perverse. Read Mick Hume’s column in The Times.

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Tuesday 3 June:
‘It is finally dawning on many that the plan to vet everybody who comes into contact with children or vulnerable adults is useless. But it’s worse than that. A system that treats millions of carers and volunteers as potential abusers is itself a serious abuse of trust…’
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