Rotheram - The Pandora's Box of Britain

A systematic series of child abuse has been revealed in Britain. In the town of Rotheram gangs of mostly Pakistani origin were found to have groomed and raped girls as young as 11 years old. This is not a localised incident -- other instances have been found around the UK. How can we have failed so badly?

How can a police officer dismiss and turn away a child who says they were raped?

Once would be a mistake in judgement. 1400 times is an outright disgrace.

Putting aside that there are scum in this country who think that behaviour is acceptable. There have always been degenerates and their always will. It is the measures we take to prevent and remedy that define us.

Britain has always been a country of balanced and tempered resolve, but without a full and swift retaliation on these offenders and those who have not done their duty to protect these children, it will only continue.

It's difficult to watch the news as interviews bring in those directly involved as blame is passed from person to person, department to department until the story dies down. No-one is willing to do the honest thing and admit their failings. Not only do we have people who are failing in their jobs to protect the children of this country they are dishonest and cowardly as well.

What hope do we have to stop this from happening if the people involved do not take responsibility for their actions.

And what of the criminals themselves? Some of whom already are free from their sentences to walk the streets. It's a mockery of justice.

Mugshots of Perps involved in the grooming and rape of children - Jailed in 2010

I will wait to see how the government responds to this issue I hope they take this opportunity to redeem themselves and take action against the lack of prosecutions and lack of activity from the authorities involved.

Only a campaign of action will set a president for this criminal activity. Stop them now before more children suffer as a result of complacency.

~Fraser

Getting cold

I've just uploaded a new header on my Blog - and while it may be a bit premature as Autumn is still getting under way, I think I'll be the first to welcome in the cold weather.

Another year is hurtling by and soon we'll all be huddling under our blankets at night.

I wrote this message in the snow for my (then, girlfriend, now) fiancée so fond memories attached, but I also like to think of it as message from Winter

We'll be seeing you soon

~Fraser

Two Hunters and a Witch

I've just uploaded another three stories, again some of my earliest work.

Perhaps they're showing some signs of age now and through this whole batch of flash fiction that I've uploaded I've set myself the task of making the next set I write better.

You could say I've drawn a line in the sand now and have promised myself to step up my writing to make the next ones of a different calibre.

We'll see if that happens, but my latest story I'm very happy with so maybe if nothing more than psychologically it's working.

Well, hope you enjoy these, not many more to upload now

~Fraser

Plight of Iraq

There's no denying that Iraq has had a long and bloody time in the recent decades. How much longer it'll last is anyone's guess.

Once the shining jewel of the middle east and probably richest place on earth. It's worth reading the 1001 nights to get a glimpse into this golden time for the country or at least what became it.

Surviving one brutal dictator only to find themselves being eroded from their own borders by ISIS scum. I feel sorry for the Iraqi people.

Yet when I see the Iraqi military and the Kurdish forces deployed against this threat it fills me with respect. I hope they are proud of fighting the good fight and it gives them energy as this conflict drags on as I cannot begin to imagine how draining this must be.

How can it feel to know fools from around the world have come to your country to join a movement bent on carving a bloody part of your land and people for their own ends.

It fills me with shame to know there are British people involved with ISIS. 

To see those dogs riding round in cars flaunting their weaponry I wonder what "North Korean" complex these people have? What could drive a young man to throw away his ties to his family and friends; the people that nurtured him and go butcher a people which are nothing to do with him.

Joining a cause which isn't your own is one thing. Travelling across the world to ruin peoples lives is another.

Unlike the mess in Syria, the Iraqi people are simply trying to rebuild their lives. It's shocking to know that we're not capable of stopping our own people from going to Iraq to join ISIS.

Britain owes these people an apology.

~Fraser

Shuffle - sculpt - shuffle

I've had a bit of a reshuffle on the blog and finally got round to uploading some of my recent foray into sculpting. Craft knives and surgical scalpels? My thumbs will never forgive me...

I'll be uploading some models as I go and some painting as I get round to it.

I've over 2000 points of Bretonnians and a wonderful array of other bits and bobs I'll be painting over the coming years so keep an eye out.

~Fraser

More Stories

I've added three more flash fiction stories to the site including my second ever piece of flash fiction (aside from all the weird ones I used to write when I was a kid) so check them out and as always I hope you enjoy!

Staircase, is a bit of avant-garde fiction about climbing a staircase and metaphorical implications that might have. The building excitement of reaching what lies at the top represented audibly.

Summoner, is a small piece of fiction about Eriah the summoner, the arrogant wizard who attempts to bind a demon to his service, but with dire consequences.

The Cage, follows a man who has been imprisoned within a gibbet cage. An arduous and torturous demise in the iron cage that swings, creaking in the tree.

Hope I've wet your appetite, what are you waiting for, go check them out!

~Fraser

The Price of Information

If you live in the UK you will shortly be receiving a letter like this saying the way you vote is changing.

What isn't clear from that statement is that the way you vote actually isn't changing. The government is making us aware they are preparing to sell our information.

Thye call it an open register that has our details that can be bought by anyone who wants it.

I'm glad that's cleared up as I assumed when I read that the way I register to vote is changing I thought that would change the way I register to vote.

So putting aside that blatant distraction method, what they've announced is not only will they profit from selling our information to any number of potentially unscrupulous companies bent on a new wave of targeted spam/scams we're implicit by default.

"I'm writing to let you know that you have been automatically re - registered under the new system. You don't need to do anything else."

That's what I find most the most difficult to swallow. In other words,

"You weren't consulted, we didn't need to, if you care you'll have to go out of your way to stop us."

The leading form of statement is like a low form of persuasion. Think about it.

You don't need to do anything else.

If the government had announced that they wish to generate revenue by exploiting the growing need for customer information within the business sector by selling my information. Providing they had assured there would be standards involved. I wouldn't have minded.

This devious attempt to trick us is insulting and I'm personally going to do what I can to avoid a fresh quota of spam in my life.

Unless it's part of a flying circus sketch...

~Fraser

First Appearance

This isn't just a bowl of beans...

...This is a writer's workshop

~Fraser

Ssstories

It's a triple bill of additional stories added to the blog again - all following a rather downbeat theme this time.

Samaritan is an account of the trials of a young man in a modern context. Dealing with stubbornness, pride and how the "Samaritan" fits into the present day.

Shackle is a futuristic take of our first encounter with an alien race - will we break free from the shackle?

Solitary is a micro prison drama - how far men go when committed to a cause.

~Fraser