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Letter to Boris Johnson
Posted on April 4 2019 at 11:39
Survivor Esme Johnson recently published an open letter on Twitter in response to comments made by Boris Johnson about investigations into historic cases of child sexual abuse.
Rape Crisis Scotland is grateful for her permission to reproduce here a slightly abridged version of her powerful message.
[*Content warning for explicit references to acts of sexual violence]
It’s been a few weeks now since your illuminating interview on LBC Radio.
It’s been a few weeks now since your illuminating interview on LBC Radio.
I thought it better to wait to respond until I was able to use inoffensive language. It’s a shame that you did not similarly take a moment’s pause to do the same before that interview.