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Listed below are comments made by Miriam-Binder between Tuesday, 25th November 2008 and Tuesday, 25th November 2008.

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Baby P - It will happen again 12:01pm on 25 Nov 2008 On the whole Mark Eaton is right. It will happen again. In all likelihood it is happening right now, while I am typing this comment or while you are reading it.

As inhuman the accountable adults in Baby Ps' life, as irresolute as the responsible authorities have been we as a society also bear a degree of responsibility. If we were more open to each other, more willing to support, more willing to share maybe, just maybe we could mitigate some of the abuse. Even if it is only to offer an isolated parent a shoulder to cry on, a hand to offer to do the washing for a tired mother ... take a child to the park along with your own. Offer someone a coffee and a few minutes of your time. Do all this in the right spirit without thought of 'what's in it for me' and who knows ...

Baby P did not live his short miserable little life locked away from the rest of humanity. Neighbours and shop assistants, bus drivers and grandparents walking the family dog ...

Yes, I agree first and foremost children are the responsibility of their parent/s but they are also humanity's legacy to the future and as such we are collectively responsible for all children everywhere.
Map of the Week: Racism and tension 11:33am on 25 Nov 2008 Dirty_Old_Man, I think you have hit the nail on the head when you say that the problem is division and not diversity.

I do think that the article has mentioned it when it stated that there were "... some similarities between BNP membership and areas which suffer low scores on the cohesion measure".

We all share common ground and social cohesion is far easier to achieve if you concentrate on what we share rather then on what separates us.

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