Witness the far left removing three children
They were abducted by the CPGB? I suppose that’s one way to increase membership.
I’m unconvinced that this has to be an idealogy/handwringing thing- it seems just as likely to be a risk aversion thing. And also just as likely to be a “we don’t have the full story” thing
Over the last few years there’s been a few high profile cases where social services have taken a kicking for failing to act. The perception in my ex’s department now is that it’s better to act, wrongly than it is to not act, wrongly. Nobody wants to be the next Haringey.
That’s not driven by them all being lefty nutters, it’s more driven by them not wanting to be on the front page of the Sun because they couldn’t protect every kid in their ridiculously overfull casefules.