Butler-Sloss steps down from child abuse inquiry

[LeftishBrit]

Retired judge Baroness Butler-Sloss has stepped down as head of a probe into child sex abuse saying she was "not the right person" for the job.

Downing Street said "it was entirely her decision" and a new chair would be appointed within days.

Lady Butler-Sloss has been under pressure to quit from MPs and victims concerned about her family links.

Her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was attorney general in the 1980s.

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1. I keep wondering

I keep wondering if any of this will bleed over to the US. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the same sort of things hadn't happened here. I read a book that claimed it one time and it seemed quite plausible, considering how much power and money mean in our society; privilege none of us can imagine.