Leon Brittan

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Leon Brittan   (lawyer, politician)
Born	1939-09-25 North London, England
Died	2015-01-21 (Age 75) London, England
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Trinity College (Cambridge)
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Diana Clemetson
Member of	The Other Club, Trilateral Commission
Party	Conservative
former European Commissioner  Vice-President of the European Commission  In office 16 March 1999 - 15 September 1999  European Commissioner for External Relations  In office 23 January 1995 - 15 September 1999 Succeeded by Chris Patten  European Commissioner for Trade  In office 6 January 1993 - 15 September 1999 Preceded by Frans Andriessen  European Commissioner for Competition  In office 6 January 1989 - 6 January 1993 Preceded by Peter Sutherland Succeeded by Karel van Miert  Secretary of State for Trade and Industry  In office 2 September 1985 - 24 January 1986 Preceded by Norman Tebbit Succeeded by Paul Channon  Home Secretary  In office 11 June 1983 - 2 September 1985 Preceded by William Whitelaw Succeeded by Douglas Hurd  Chief Secretary to the Treasury  In office 5 January 1981 - 11 June 1983 Preceded by John Biffen Succeeded by Peter Rees  Minister of State for the Home Office In office 4 May 1979 - 5 January 1981  Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) In office 9 June 1983 - 31 December 1988  Member of Parliament for Cleveland and Whitby In office 28 February 1974 - 9 June 1983

Leon Brittan, Conservative peer and former European Commissioner.

UK VIPaedophile

Full article: UK/VIPaedophile

Leon Brittan was publicly named in July 2015 as being involved in the VIPaedophile Child Abuse Inquiry as a result of allegations made by Carl Beech.

In February 2013, Scotland Yard commanders were briefed by the detective chief inspector in charge of the Metropolitan Police Service’s paedophile unit, who outlined his intention to arrest and charge Lord Brittan. The senior detective said that his team was still at an early stage of its investigations, but had already gathered a good deal of evidence that the ex-minister had sexually abused boys. In addition, one woman had told detectives that Lord Brittan raped her when she was a young woman. Exaro does not have a list of who attended the briefing, but the commanders had asked to be updated on where the highly sensitive investigations (Operation Fairbank and Operation Fernbridge) were going. Sources involved in the investigations have expressed fears to Exaro that they will be closed down, as has happened in the past.

A year later, Labour MP Tom Watson named Lord Brittan as the former cabinet minister who allegedly raped a young woman – identified only as Jane – in an explosive letter to Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders, while suggesting that the police were unwilling to investigate him properly because of his status. In June 2014, Brittan was interviewed under caution by police in connection with the alleged rape of a 19-year-old student in his central London flat in 1967, before he became an MP. They had not pursued the allegation when it was first made, on the grounds of insufficient evidence. The police reopened the investigation after Alison Saunders had been lobbied by Tom Watson to investigate further. In a statement on 7 July 2014, Brittan denied the claims.

In October 2014, the Labour MP Jimmy Hood used parliamentary privilege to refer to claims that Lord Brittan had been linked to child abuse. After Brittan died in January 2015, Watson accused him of "multiple child rape"; he said he had spoken to two people who claimed they were abused by Brittan.

On 1 September 2017 it was reported that the Metropolitan Police had paid substantial compensation to Lord Brittan's widow for having raided their home "after accepting that the searches had been unjustified and should never have taken place." Carl Beech, whose claims spurred Operation Midland, was convicted of making up the allegations in July 2019.

In January 2020, on Sky News, Watson explained:

“I was doing my very best to try and give very vulnerable people their voice in the criminal justice system.”

He said Lady Brittan had refused to accept his apology.

 

Events Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/1992	21 May 1992	24 May 1992	France Royal Club Evian Evian-les-Bains	The 40th Bilderberg. It had 121 participants.
Bilderberg/1998	14 May 1998	17 May 1998	Scotland Turnberry	The 46th Bilderberg meeting, held in Scotland, chaired by Peter Carrington
WEF/Annual Meeting/2004	21 January 2004	25 January 2004	World Economic Forum Switzerland	2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres.

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