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We are, of course, 100% behind the attempts by police to get to the bottom of this.
We are also 100% in favour of righting past wrongs and, if there has been abuse, exposing those perpetrators.
We admire their willingness to condemn past officers who may have been paid off to suffocate the facts.
But equally, if the horrid crime of false allegations has taken place, deliberately or accidentally, they must discover, root out and expose that too. If their predecessors have acted correctly - even though it may not be such a "good story" - they should support them, even if they are now dead or retired. If people have deliberately broken the law in order to make money, get sympathy or build careers - or construct "great stories" - they too must be exposed and punished accordingly. If twisting the truth and making fake claims has taken place, Surrey Police have told us they want to solve this crime and punish the perpetrators. If the BBC were right to shelve the Newsnight story because it reeked of subterfuge, the police must tell us.
Both abusing children and bearing false witness are hard to prove or disprove but we're delighted to hear that Surrey Police fully intend to get to the truth, one way or the other.