There’s the notion, after a whole week of global attention on the grooming gang scandal, Sir Keir Starmer has finally addressed it.
It is something about the nature of our politics, because once we lose the anchor, that truth that matters in the robust debate we must have, then we’re on a very slippery slope.
When politicians, and I mean politicians who sat in government for many years, are casual about honesty, decency, truth and the rule of law trawling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far right.
So there you have it. If you would like a national inquiry into the grooming gang scandal, the scandal in which thousands of white working class girls were brutally gang raped, predominantly by men of Pakistani heritage, the scandal, in which survivors were actively ignored, in which victims were sacrificed on the altar of multiculturalism, if you think this warrants national inquiry, then you are far right.
Jacob Rees-Mogg shared his views on Starmer’s speech
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This proves one thing – Starmer has learned nothing. Earlier today, he defended his record.
He said: “In fact, what I did, I actually changed the system because I could see some of the things that were going wrong. I wasn’t prepared, unlike some Tory politicians, I’m not tweeting about it or talking about it and got on with changing it.”
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Well, at least he didn’t mention that his father was a toolmaker, and to Starmer’s credit, he recognised in 2012 that ethnicity played an important factor in the scandal.
But there is also no denying that this happened whilst he was in office, whether he tried to rectify it or not in 2008, before his change of policy in 2012.
The girl reported she was gang raped near Rochdale, despite there being supporting DNA evidence, the case was dropped in July 2009, nine months after Starmer became Director of Public Prosecutions.
This was because of concerns the girl wouldn’t be a credible witness.
Keir Starmer blasted the Tories in his speech today
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Labour is hiding behind the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse as the reason why it doesn’t need a national inquiry into grooming gangs.
But the ICSA was so broad it was the equivalent of having an inquiry into theft. It did not sufficiently explore the phenomenon of grooming gangs. Rotherham was mentioned about once in the entire final report and many victims weren’t even interviewed.
If Starmer admits that there is something particular about the Pakistani heritage grooming gangs, then surely it’s time for a national inquiry.
The great lesson of this scandal is the progressivism. The hyperconscious fear of offending cultural sensitivities of minorities is not just a fringe problem in politics. It has ramifications of the most sinister nature.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said that “part of the scandal happened on Starmer’s watch”
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For the avoidance of doubt, in Rochdale, one in every 280 Muslims over 16 were prosecuted. In Telford it was one in 126. There may be many more yet to face justice.
Let me give you the context one in 73 in Rochdale, but fewer than one in 3000 men prosecuted across England and Wales as a whole in 2011, and the figures are unlikely to have changed much since then.
This is a scandal that has shattered liberal consensus, thinking it has debunked multiculturalism. It forces the global elite to rethink the assumptions, which is why we see such resistance to those trying to seek justice.
Starmer has a chance to put this right once and for all, and it needs a national inquiry to do this, but a speedy one rather than one that takes years.
