“He’s Trying To Protect The People That Abused Him” | Peter Bleksly | Daisy McAndrew | Gary Bloom 

Well let’s all leave him alone and not cause him any more stress. How’s that for an idea!🇬🇧

Alex is more well-spoken, polite, sincere, and genuine than most young people you see these days, including those from privileged, expensive public school backgrounds. He certainly looks very healthy.

This smart and kind young man is raised very well.

"He's such an Articulate young man" ---- "Not doing a day at school..... Not getting an education". "He's read whilst he's been off-grid...... He's got a terrific vocabulary. He seems completely well adjusted" "He hasn't gone to school, he hasn't made friends, he hasn't had a mobile phone." " 'I chose a different life' - to me that screams maturity" "Agency - the ability to Do What You Want" What's so sad? Conventional Child's life challenged by a teen who lived away from convention for 6 years and returned well adjusted, normal, articulate and allegedly mature beyond his years. All done with no mobile phone allegedly.....

He is surely an example of how someone turns out who has not been polluted by the modern world

His whole demeanour is that of someone who has been nurtured not neglected or abused. Leave him alone to get on with the life he has chosen for himself. Good luck Alex and good fortune.

No mobile phone. And he didn't die.

He hasn’t had a mobile phone…..what will that do to him? Looking at him ‘missing out on a “normal” life’ I’d say we can say where WE have gone wrong on raising children.

He is far better off for not having what all the other teenagers have had access to this past decade.

People are unreasonably not considering he loves his mother and grandfather

I'm praying for him and his mother and grandfather. At least one child not ruined by governmental education, an oxymoron if ever there was one. Or a mobile phone, how that ever became a vital part of his growing up I don't know. I just hope the shock of coming into this crazy world doesn't spoil him.

This young man is in great shape. I don’t know the environment he has been living in but it has obviously been a very positive influence.

He is an amazing boy

IMO this is purely a family matter and should have remained so. As others have observed, the lad is very well-adjusted and has probably acquired more practical life skills than he would have got from years in classrooms.

Stop lying. He wasn't abused.

just because he hasnt been to school doesn't mean he has missed anything !! Actually yes, he's missed out on bullying , controlling teachers, indoctrination with biased history lessons, avoided being pigeon holed and churned out on the production line of modern education ....wish him all the best 👍

They didn't abuse him he was told he could leave whenever he wanted, which he did, his mother might have been unconventional but abuse is a the wrong word

The fact that he is remarkably well adjusted suggests to me that abuse shouldn’t be the narrative here. How many of us have dreamt of living off grid? He is now an adult and he is rightly doing what he now wants.

Nous sommes impressionnés par Alex. Il a une tête bien sur ses épaules et les pieds sur terre. Pour un adolescent Alex s'exprime avec beaucoup de sagesse et d'intelligence supérieures aux jeunes gens de son âge. Nous souhaitons à Alex toute la réussite qu'il mérite.

Abuse?I doubt an abused child would turn out so well adjusted, intelligent, and healthy. It seems his mom did a good job of bringing him up. Compare him with todays’s kids who have been in school, had mobile phones, and are far from well adjusted. They are indoctrinated.

Leave the family alone - his mother has done what she thought was best. They lived off grid, hardly abuse. I would say he has been protected from the abuse of the media, social media and the abuse of the school system. Leave them alone.

Quite rightly said ~ is the worst thing that could happen is for his Grandfather and Mother ending up in jail which would devastate and have an adverse effect on the well being of this incredable young man...

Something seems odd. Glad he's ok😊👍

He comes across as a well brought up young man. I suspect he was nurtured and loved.

Why had the mother already lost custody before they fled? Obviously we dont know the full story here ....

He wasn't kidnapped, or murdered or abused. So his mother was a hippy but he knows she loved him and he got to travel. It's his grandma who objected to him being removed from her company. I'd like to know why grandma's husband was a party to this. Young man needs to get some education now. He'll catch up with technology. He's a bright lad.

He’s still a balanced young man trying to see and feel both sides leave him alone x x

Gary Bloom is very on point and see's the positive in how Alex is coping and his intelligence ..wishing Alex all the Best and glad he is with his Grandmother again .

They can't admit they have raised in a different type of life that has left him better off in life, a modern teenager thats had a gen x upbringing. If the government admit he has had a better life, then they admitting that modern society is and has failed

I think he was lucky to have a great mum . He is a credit to her .

Hope for a good future for him

Well at least hes not been glued to screens, bullied at secondary school, got in wrong crowds, and gotten over weight on junk food, like many kids.. apart from being bored, and he even is respectful of his mum.

I think it is a positive that he didn't have a cell phone to have stuck to his ear or eyes on the screen 24 hours a day. The rudeness that abounds today can in part be attributed to that. I think Alex should be allowed a say in what happens next. He is surely saying "leave them alone" in some of the things he says about his grandfather and his mother. He loves them. And I don't think punishing them will help Alex continue his life successfully with his grandmother.

The people who abused him? Presumably, this cannot be a reference to his mother and grandfather? She has done a great job. The bigger question, given the outcome, why was he to be torn from his mother? Is this yet another case of an abuse of power? They seem very loyal to each other. The social services must resent that.

CLEARLY HES JUST HAD AN ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE. IF HE WAS ABUSED HE WLD HAVE RUN AWAY LONG TIME AGO

Hope you can provide evidence of the abuse you speak of, or are you speculating?

Abduction my ass,he was with his Mother and his Grandad he turned out great, that's a grandmother who think that kid is hers,this should of been private

The sad thing here is that he's not had a robust education and is probably still stuck at primary level in certain areas. Other than that I think he speaks well, appears well mannered and not being indoctrinated with 'sex' education in school amongst other things and not having wrong friends to lead him down the wrong path has done him well. He is an example of what a normal child raised outside of a toxic environment looks like. Abuse is what our children are encountering in normal life, they're depressed, suicidal and very unhappy and forever wired to the tv or phone. I wish him all the best in his future life and hope he stays on a good path, actually I feel the last six years will be the making of him.

I have a feeling the French people are not going to stop there.....They are amazing at saving Children on their Land....THANK YOUUUU 💖

All sounds rather odd to me. Don’t want to sound like a cynic, but time will tell....

I work with abused children. They always ask for their parents no matter what. He has a biological connection.

Great advert for off grid ❤

Despite everything said....His mum and grandad raised him with good values, moral and education with regard vocabulary and communication skills. This boy evaluates and analyses things in life with great clarity. I think that those years were not lost. He developed many skills that are boosting his CV. He gained a lot (at the same time he lost a few during six years) of skills and all those experiences have given him a lot of knowledge. I think he has gained more than what he lost.

Why did they kidnap him. Where is his father. And is the Grandfather he was with maternal. And why did grandma have custody and is she married to the grandpa he was with.

He is an amazing young man .❤

Prince harry should take lessons from the kid on “just getting on with it”. In fact he could teach a class. That would be very beneficial

What a load of nonsense Boy lives with his mum, obviously educated at home. Plays games online. Thanks his mum for the life she gave him. Reads books. Travels europe. There is no reports of him missing from 2017. Is this a precursor for something coming down the pipeline to discourage children living with parents or living off grid.

His mother obviously loves him. She raised a fine young man. I believe her intentions were pure- to get her son away from a rough, cold world. Like Alex himself said, he was _not_ abused and he loves his mother very much. He protects her because he felt her intentions were to protect him. Let's quit the 'abuse' narrative and stick to the facts.

The boy seems ok, anyone pushing a narrative of abuse should question their own motives.

Horrible Daisy making assumptions and jumping into conclusions based on loads of prejudices about Alex and his mother. Shame on Daisy, only going for sensation journalism! 😡😠🤬

OMG, he didn't have a cellphone! 🙄🤯 And he didn't get your kind of systematic education. He looks like a great, educated, well-adjusted teen. I hope the system doesn't make him live through unnecessary trauma.

Why do the media need to poke their nose in . Don't remember them reporting about him being missing . Gossip and drama about someone life .

What teenager enjoyed 2020 to 2022 . He has dodged a bullet

Alex seems to have worked out for himself to be able to say to his mum and grandad - "I love you, but I don't have to like you"

He should be left alone, he bears no malice towards his mum and grandad. Pointless waste of police time, what is normal….? The worst thing would be the press spend too much time chasing him for stories and headlines. That’s what he needs protecting from.

In some ways, i believe that lifestyle probably benefitted Alex, in ways growing up in England wouldn't have provided as much...He got to hopefully learn to do some useful survival things and perhaps develop talents and maturity that he may not have otherwise..If his grandfather was the main person in his life, then his grandfather may have had some maturity that rubbed off on Alex...i don't know, but i wouldn't be too concerned about him, he seems more well adjusted than most people, plus he said he was pretty happy, and doesn't show signs of concerning trauma and abuse....Plus it may have kept him out of some trouble with females...☀

Why this question hasn't been answered about the custody situation

Ok he's had a different upbringing so what !! Probably the same as any kid in France has had.

So So very sad

Sounds like he had a perfectly healthy life. I dont get the issue. I'd have been all the better if i could have skipped 'the school experience' personally. If you want to know what real abuse is? It's highschool!

For me the fact that his gran is his legal guardian speaks volumes

00:50 Exactly that. Glad somebody is publicly asking that question. Vanessa Feltz is asking the best questions so far.

The 'dad' who was with them was Alex's grandmother's partner..... strange. So the 'dad' is not in fact Melanie's dad at all. Weird. I hope Ais OK. The mother is a selfish narcisst. The man is not Alex's biological grandad.

The government have stopped socialisation for past 3 years. That’s ok is it ?

❤ to Alex Batty- Big questions - a young man taken away from society and abused speaks in a way more articulate way than school educated 17-20 yr olds. Also, WAY more importantly Alex speaks so forgivingly and with such positivity and zero blame. Mandela vibes. Doesn't everyone want positive under their roof? Kudos to the lovely medic who who picked Alex up.😊- IMO companies who require computer skills (Alex Batty wants to do) will be lining up to support him.

Wtf ...a driving license is the first thing that comes to mind??????....they are all in it together....a child will always defend his mother.

Why did the mother not have custody originally?

He felt like France is unsociable....? He did not like France....😮😢

No mobile is not a bad thing. No friends or education, however... And the responsibility that's been put onto him. Not good. Editing to add: I don't mean any responsibility. I mean feeling responsible for his mother. That role reversal at a young age is too much. I'm glad he was able to prioritise himself.

Abused him? For not giving him a mobile phone?😅

These bloody interview/news readers twisting stories

Any relation to Luke Batty aged 11 who was murdered by his father in 2014? This was in Melbourne Australia and his mother Rosie Batty who was originally British became Australian of the Year for her work with domestic violence issues.

Whatever the actions of his mother, she and his grandad obviously did not neglect him, he seems to have been well fed, given books, well clothed and his mother obviously loved him no matter how misguided she was. There is no need to bring in criminal charges against his mother and grandfather as this will add to any stress Alex may have suffered. He is a lovely young man. Leave him alone to get on with his life. Good luck to you Alex.

God be with him 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐🙏

Wheres his dad

What’s all the fuss about

Why i am very happy to see alex 😊😊

I am so happy Alex is back with his grandmother!! In the USA last year 359,094 kids went missing. 50% were parental abductions. By human nature, Alex wants to protect his Mom. I respectfully disagree with the therapist. My child was groomed and abducted. Her education was delayed. Plus relationships and things were taken from her but she was made to feel like it was normal. Let's talk about the grandmother's trauma. Of course she's happy her grandson is home. But what about her suffering and trauma? And other targeted parents? Let's not protect the abuser. Yes, I will call this abuse. Because that's what it is. We cannot trivialize abuse. What was done to him was harmful. What was done to his grandmother was harmful. What was done to me and my child was harmful.We cannot allow this to be normalized. And, what about the rest of the kids that are being taken? This is not at all rare and it must be stopped. Children have human rights - relationships, education, etc. His were stolen. If there is no deterrent it will continue. What will be the count next year? Those are not numbers, they are kids. Parentification abuse contributes to parent/guardian alienation abuse. Alex is fine now, but what about when he starts college? That will likely be so difficult for him. Denying education is abuse. Denying a child access to their safe loved ones is abuse. Let's remember that the mother did not have parental rights. There was a reason for that. Denying education is a crime. What if it was your kid? I say let Alex stay in touch with his Mom if he so chooses, but throw the book at her and the abuser/abductor grandfather. Save the children! Grooming is nomalizing bad behavior. Grooming is predatory behavior. Alex deserves to see that if there is no accountability another child will be taken tomorrow. How will he feel then? We cannot let him bear the responsibility of his abusive/abducting Mother. Delusions have already done soo much harm. Prayers for Alex's future!!🙏💖

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Edmund Burke

Such a pity that now he will be hanging out with his friends and will surely change.

He’s gone through a lot his mother is a selfish monster

What exactly is the story.

The MET ex police officer once again wasting not one second to bash Lancashire police....For heavens sake whats WRONG with him...They did this over the Bulley case BUTT OUT He knows nothing

Poor Alex has been deprived of peers , school, stability.

He's trauma bonded.

Wonder where his biological father is?

Jesus - is she sitting in for Vanessa??? Here's another woman who goes around the houses, whilst asking a question!!!!!

They should name this cult.

I can see why his mum wanted to leave the uk and go off grid, foresight of what a mess the uk has become, although feel for alex, but often felt like doing what she did

Very handsome young man think God he got out and in good condition health prays 🙏 for him

Guess that's how you turn out if youre NOT glued to social media all day, and DON'T 😂 hang around in shopping malls with your peers!!

Where's he been for a start.

I wish people would stop throwing the word abuse around like they're throwing around a ball those of us who were actually abused cringe at the fact that the word abuse is constantly being used unnecessarily

his mother took him off grid, a blessing, how dare talk tv headline it as an abuse case

Put him in school, he's not ruined by wokeness yet.

It's known as Stockholm Syndrome.

Vanessa feltz has let herself go

There are too many of these community type places in Europe. Too many "New Lives in the Sun" type places. Life is not always a bowl of cherries. In Northern Almeria in Spain there is one. How would you know if anyone is kept there against their will? World schooling, they were saying. Now they have taken that off their website. Even had their Facebook Account taken away at one point.

he might be here a while and realise he wants to go back ..society not that great

He's a very well adjusted young person. Scripture says that youth are taken from parents when it is time.