Letter: Baby P case shames us all

Letter: Most today would say that what folk do in their own homes is their own business and does not concern the rest of us. But the latest sordid details emerging from the family background of Baby P shame us all as a country.

We are all responsible for letting standards slip to such an extent that this child and thousands like him suffer abuse and torture and death daily.

The mother and her men friends shared a squalid home with eight children where drinking, drugs and watching hard core porn were the main occupations.

As a member of the older generation I hold up my hands and confess that we are guilty of allowing this way of living to become normal for many in our once proud country.

We did not stand up and be counted when the Labour Government in the 60s liberalised everything and pandered to the lowest in human nature.

Ron Jones

Oswestry