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Recently Tried in the Court of Public Opinion

Chromatic v Westminster (Cult of Personality; Systemic Complicity; Procedural Unsafety; Welfare Principle Breached)


ADDENDUM: SYSTEMIC COMPLICITY AND THE CULT OF PERSONALITY IN WESTMINSTER CHILDREN’S SERVICES

A Mirror Court Indictment of Arrogance, Fear, and Institutional Collapse

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I. What Happened

Safeguarding in Westminster was reduced not to law or welfare, but to the dominance of Ms. Kirsty Hornal. Health needs ignored, education disrupted, financial stability sabotaged, court directions disregarded — all subordinated to one social worker’s will.

Colleagues, fully aware of her overreach, stayed silent. Fear triumphed over duty. Complicity masqueraded as compliance.

II. What the Addendum Establishes

Unilateral Conduct
Hornal acted as though above the Court and above the law.

Institutional Silence
Colleagues, intimidated, chose obedience over lawful judgment.

Cult of Personality
Safeguarding became theatre: one individual’s dominance eclipsed statutory duty.

III. Consequences

  • Children’s welfare sacrificed to preserve Hornal’s control.

  • The Court misled and disrespected, its authority diminished by defiance.

  • A culture of fear embedded within Westminster, colleagues following Hornal “off a cliff.”

IV. Legal and Doctrinal Violations

  • Children Act 1989 – s.1 welfare principle, s.22 parental consultation ignored.

  • Equality Act 2010 – s.20–21 reasonable adjustment duty, s.149 Public Sector Equality Duty breached.

  • ECHR – Article 6 (fair trial) and Article 8 (family life) undermined.

  • UNCRC – Article 12 right to be heard disregarded.

  • Working Together to Safeguard Children – statutory guidance flouted.

  • Social Work England Standards – evidence-based practice abandoned, dignity denied.

  • Ofsted Safeguarding Framework – child-centred practice replaced by intimidation.

Case Law Ignored:

  • Re B-S (2013) – proportionality and evidence-based reasoning.

  • Re C (2006) – duty to consult parents.

  • A v UK (1998) – Article 8 protections breached.

V. SWANK’s Position

This is not safeguarding. It is institutional collapse: a cult of personality enthroned above law, colleagues silenced by fear, children harmed in the process. Westminster has chosen submission to arrogance over compliance with statute.

Closing Declaration

The Mirror Court declares: Westminster surrendered welfare to the will of one. Authority abdicated, law inverted, fear enthroned. Where colleagues feared Hornal’s wrath more than they respected the Court, safeguarding became theatre — and it is hereby archived.

Filed by:
Polly Chromatic
Founder & Director, SWANK London Ltd
Mother and Litigant in Person

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