“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Recently Tried in the Court of Public Opinion

Chromatic v Westminster (Victim-Blaming; Retaliation; Welfare Inversion; Procedural Unsafety)


STATEMENT OF POSITION: VICTIM-BLAMING AND RETALIATION AS THE GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

A Mirror Court Indictment of Institutional Self-Protection Disguised as Safeguarding

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I. Context

On 23 June 2025, my four children were removed under an Emergency Protection Order. The supposed safeguarding justifications collapse under scrutiny. What emerges instead is Westminster’s pattern of victim-blaming and retaliation— a defensive reflex masquerading as child protection.

This conduct is inconsistent with:

  • Children Act 1989, s.1 (welfare paramountcy), s.22(4)–(5) (duty to consult parents and children);

  • Equality Act 2010, s.149 (Public Sector Equality Duty);

  • ECHR Articles 6 (fair trial) and 8 (family life);

  • Binding case law (Re B-S [2013], Re C [2006], A v UK [1998]).

II. Victim-Blaming

  • Reports of harassment (by neighbours, professionals, or men) were turned against me.

  • False reports were accepted; my own were dismissed or weaponised.

  • Even in clear cases of male aggression (e.g., Virgin Active assault), I was punished instead of protected.

The institutional stance: not a victim to be safeguarded, but a problem to be managed.

III. Retaliation

  • Every lawful attempt at oversight — audits, police reports, addenda — was met with escalation.

  • The Emergency Protection Order followed directly after my documented challenges, not any safeguarding emergency.

  • Lawful accountability-seeking was recast as “instability” and punished.

This is retaliation in its purest form: punishment for speaking truth to power.

IV. Combined Effect and Welfare Harm

Victim-blaming and retaliation converged to produce the gravest harm: the forced removal of my children.

Concrete impacts:

  • Educational disruption – tutoring and structured learning dismantled.

  • Medical neglect – asthma care delayed or denied.

  • Emotional harm – friendships severed, trust eroded.

  • Family separation – sibling bonds fractured by institutional placements.

This is not safeguarding but welfare inversion: harm inflicted under the banner of protection.

V. Violations

  • Children Act 1989 – welfare principle subverted; parental consultation ignored.

  • Equality Act 2010 – Public Sector Equality Duty disregarded.

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

  • UNCRC – Articles 3, 9, and 12 breached.

  • Case Law – Re B-S (evidence and proportionality), Re C (consultation duty), A v UK (Article 8 protections) ignored.

VI. SWANK’s Position

The Mirror Court finds:

  • The Emergency Protection Order was not grounded in welfare but in institutional self-preservation.

  • Assessments and orders flowing from this foundation are procedurally unsafe.

  • Retaliation and victim-blaming are not evidence; they are institutional tantrums archived as proof.

Closing Declaration

The Mirror Court declares: Westminster has confused protection with projection, safeguarding with scapegoating. Where welfare law requires neutrality, the Authority delivered retaliation. What they called safeguarding was only self-defence. And it is hereby archived.

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

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