Labor MPs have broken with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and called for a national public inquiry into the child rape and grooming gang scandal, arguing that the real public interest is not just in entrenching the so-called “far right.”
Starmer this week urged his party to reject a motion by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to set up a public inquiry into Muslim child rape gangs and the failures of police, politicians and other local authorities to protect girls in Britain. commanded. It comes after the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence against Women and Girls, Jess Phillips, dismissed a local inquiry into grooming gangs in Oldham.
Despite Labor overwhelmingly rejecting the national inquiry, Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden became the first parliament to leave the prime minister, saying, “We must listen to the people's voice for justice.'' There seems to be a rift between him and his membership in the Diet.
Mr. Carden, who abstained from the questionnaire, said: said of liverpool echo: “The British public wants action and justice against unspeakable rape gangs. The scale of the crimes committed – rape, murder and torture – is horrifying.
“Those in positions of power may have covered up and refused to act to avoid confronting racial or cultural issues or because the victims were poor and working class. is shocking.”
The Labor MP went on to say that the country must “question and challenge the orthodoxies of progressive, liberal multiculturalism that have led to inaction by authorities”, and that the country must “question and challenge the orthodoxy of progressive, liberal multiculturalism that has led to the inaction of the authorities”, adding that “the future of multi-ethnic societies is He argued that a new doctrine was needed to guide the world.
“The consequences must include acknowledging the racial and ethnic hatred of this mass sexual violence. This is not a far-right obsession. Because for years too few Labor voices have expressed clear disgust and anger at these heinous crimes, their cover-ups and lack of action,” Mr Carden said.
Mr Carden is the first Labor MP to announce he is leaving the party over the issue, but he is not the only member of his party to call for the government to launch an investigation.
this weekGreater Manchester's influential Labor mayor, Andy Burnham, made a similar call. are discussing Previous local investigations into grooming gangs did not have the same legal powers as national investigations..
Public sentiment also appears to be strongly against the left-wing government.. YouGov investigation This week's poll found that 76 per cent of Britons support a national inquiry, compared to just 13 per cent who oppose it.
Separately, a poll of more than 2,000 people by More in Common found that 41 per cent believed the grooming scandal was deliberately covered up. telegraph paper reported.
Previous reports have suggested that local authorities and police took action to protect a young white girl from a gang of mostly Muslim Pakistani child rapists for fear of being seen as racist or stirring up ethnic divisions. It turns out he didn't.
In response to Labor MPs leaving the party over this issue, Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said: said on X: “Labour MP breaks ranks and demands investigation into child rape gang. Same day former Labor MP arrested on child sex offenses. Labor on the ropes. This is unsustainable. ”
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said on Saturday that if the government does not set up a national public inquiry by the end of this month, his party will fund an inquiry with an independent arbitrator to uncover abuses and government failures. Then he said.
