"They're here already! You're next! You're next, You're next...!"

I feel a bit like Dr Bennell, when I read something like this:

Social workers in England involved in child protection cases should be forced to see young people away from their parent or guardians, the NSPCC says.

No-one else can see the dangers inherent in having social workers question a young child without anyone else present, and act on whatever that child says?

Or on what they say the child has said?

Seriously?

The NSPCC says such a change would help prevent a repeat of cases such as that of seven-year-old Khyra Ishaq, whose mother prevented social workers from seeing her alone at their Birmingham home.

Well, of course you'd say that. There's always a horrible case in the headlines that allows people like you to call for more laws, which will surely make things better. I mean, new laws always do, right?

Blimey, even the unions think this is a step too far!

But Unison, the union that represents most social workers, believes this proposal is not needed.

Helga Pile of Unison said: "We don't believe there is a need for this duty to be put in place... we fear this could be a blunt instrument and be too heavy-handed.

"There are powers for social workers to get a court order or involve the police if they need to see a child alone, but in many other cases they won't want to have to go in with this insistence that they see the child at that stage."

Indeed.

Should I be out on the motorway, screaming at passing cars by now?