“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

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SWANK TIMES: The Westminster Child Removal Scandal of 2025


📰 FRONT PAGE – SWANK TIMES

Monday, 18 August 2025

WESTMINSTER CHILD REMOVAL SCANDAL

Audit Demand Sparks Retaliatory Seizure of Four U.S. Citizen Children

By the SWANK Investigations Desk
London

A Routine Audit Request. A Retaliatory Seizure.

What began as a lawful audit request has erupted into an international safeguarding scandal.

On 6 June 2025, a London mother formally demanded that Westminster City Council disclose its safeguarding records and fostering contracts. Within days, the council’s response escalated from silence to aggression:

  • 17 June: A baseless “supervision package” threat, unsupported by statute.

  • 23 June: A sudden Emergency Protection Order, seizing four children — all U.S. citizens — from their mother’s care.

“This was not safeguarding,” said one legal analyst. “This was retaliation, dressed in welfare clothing.”

International Fallout

The children, aged 8–16, are sole U.S. citizens. Their removal has already:

  • Drawn in the U.S. Embassy in London,

  • Triggered Hague Convention protocols, and

  • Prompted referrals to United Nations rapporteurs on disability rights and family unity.

Diplomats warn that Westminster’s actions could destabilise international trust in the UK’s safeguarding system.

A Culture of Cover-Up

Westminster has a long history of prioritising reputation over children:

  • The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) in 2020 concluded the council ignored serious abuse allegations.

  • The “Homes for Votes” scandal under Shirley Porter showed political expediency triumphing over civic duty.

Critics argue the current case repeats the same pattern: protect the institution, sacrifice the vulnerable.

Questions Westminster Must Answer

  1. Why did a lawful Audit Demand trigger a child removal?

  2. Why were disproven medical allegations used to justify an EPO?

  3. Why does Westminster continue to withhold safeguarding records from regulators?

A Scandal That Won’t Stay Local

This is no longer a borough matter. With four U.S. citizens at its centre, Westminster’s retaliation has become a diplomatic incident.

Human rights monitors, courts, and international bodies are now under pressure to intervene.

“This is not merely a family tragedy,” SWANK concludes.
“This is the Westminster Child Removal Scandal: oversight punished, transparency buried, and children weaponised against accountability.”

📌 Next Steps: Regulators and courts are already engaged. Westminster’s silence is no longer tenable.


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