Several Brits, including Labor voters, believe there was a cover-up of the scale of abuse and failures by local authorities in the Muslim child rape gang scandal.
A survey of 2,002 British voters conducted by Friedrichs Advisory and JL Partners found that almost half of the public, 46 per cent, tend to agree that there was a cover-up of the grooming gang scandal. Or strongly agree, GB News announced. report.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, more than 50 per cent of supporters of both the Conservative Party and Nigel Farge's Reform Britain Party believe there was a cover-up.
But in a potential further blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's left-wing government, the poll found a plurality of Labor voters believe there was a cover-up. The poll found that 41% of Labor voters agreed there was a cover-up, while around a fifth of Labor voters disagreed.
Prime Minister Starmer could be grilled in a full-scale investigation into his role in the scandal, which took place during his time as Britain's top prosecutor from 2008 to 2013, with part of the investigation involving central grooming stations. Although he had much control, he controversially gave the last orders to his party members. The week leading up to the defeat of Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch's motion to launch a national public inquiry.
Mr Starmer said the government was calling for a full investigation, which focused mainly on Pakistani child-rape gangs and local authorities' failure to protect young white girls, as simply “far-off country” fixations. While condemning it, he insisted that the government should focus on implementing the recommendations of previous reports. right”.
But pressure on Mr Starmer continues to mount, with several Labor MPs across ranks calling for a national inquiry, including those in hot spots Rochdale and Rotherham. Andy Burnham, the influential mayor of Greater Manchester, has also broken with the party and called for a full investigation.
In contrast to Starmer's dismissal, a poll published by GB News found that nearly two-thirds of Britons believe that “the motive of those calling for a national inquiry is to seek justice for victims” It turned out that.
As for the motive behind the alleged cover-up, 42% of those surveyed cited corruption as the most likely culprit, while 38% said it was political correctness.
Although there has never been a full national investigation into the issue, previous regional and widespread reports on child sexual abuse have shown that local authorities have primarily identified child rapes by Pakistani grooming gangs and rapes of young white girls. Numerous cases have been found of people ignoring human trafficking for fear of being seen as racist. Or incite ethnic divisions.
The survey found that eight in 10 Britons think government officials who cover up or fail to investigate allegations of grooming gangs should be prosecuted.
On the other hand, two-thirds of respondents said that prosecutions of public servants who fail to protect young girls should result in prison sentences. For groomed perpetrators of gang rape, the poll found 47% supported life imprisonment, while 30% thought they should face the death penalty. Interestingly, the two groups most likely to support the death penalty were British Reform voters and members of black or other ethnic minorities in the country.
The father of a grooming gang victim said: The people of this country have a right to know what our children are facing and what they are facing today. ”
