Grooming gangs scandal is one of the biggest cover ups in the history of the British state

The Sun

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Kids sacrificed for race relations
THE grooming gangs scandal is not just one of the worst of modern times.
It could be considered one of the biggest cover ups in the history of the British State.
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For years, the Left downplayed the fact that Pakistani men were over- represented in the number of convictions for raping and beating young white girls.
Vulnerable victims had repeatedly told police, social services and teachers that while being subjected to the worst torture imaginable they were also called 'white whores.'
Shamefully, the authorities did nothing about this depravity — preferring to sacrifice poor white teenagers on the altar of race relations.
Back in 2014, a report revealed 1,400 children were attacked in Rotherham - almost all victims white, almost all abusers of Pakistani origin.
An inquiry in Telford in 2022 found that 'there was a nervousness about race… bordering on a reluctance to investigate crimes committed by what was described as the 'Asian' community.'
Yet such is the liberal elite's lingering wilful blindness that even yesterday the Bishop of Manchester was on the BBC claiming there was 'no pattern' of ethnic involvement.
Yesterday's damning findings by Louise Casey — that the link between ethnicity and sex crimes was dodged for year s, that asylum seekers were involved in abuse and that public trust has been eroded as a result — blows such claims out of the water for good.
Much of the worst exploitation happened in areas with a high Muslim population which tended to vote Labour.
Perhaps that explains Sir Keir Starmer's initial decision to deny a public inquiry, while accusing critics of 'jumping on the bandwagon of the far right'?
Better late than never, he has now been forced to do the moral thing.
Ethnicity of child sex abuse suspects will be logged after truth about Asian grooming gangs was 'dodged for YEARS'
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's move to ban offenders from claiming asylum is long overdue.
Baroness Casey's recommendations also make sense.
They include mandatory collection of ethnicity and nationality data, sharing of information and a crackdown on rogue taxi licensing.
Best of all is her suggestion of the time-limited national inquiry.
After 20 years of institutional cover-up, hundreds of local authority figures who escaped any punishment will be forced to publicly explain what they did and WHY.
The process must be swift this time.
But first, Britain's Establishment needs to accept how it got things so terribly wrong.
It can start with an apology to everybody it smeared as racist simply for trying to get justice for victims of heinous abuse.
Grooming gang crackdown unveiled
BARONESS Casey's report sets out a series of recommendations, which the government has accepted in full
1. Strengthen the law: Tighten the law so that any adult who has sex with a child under the age of 16 is automatically charged with rape, removing current legal grey areas that allow abusers to avoid proper punishment.
2. Address Historical Failings: Through a national inquiry pursue justice for past cases and hold accountable those who failed to act.
3. Enhance Intelligence Gathering: Improve the collection and analysis of information to combat exploitation more effectively.
4. Improve Inter-Agency Collaboration: Foster stronger cooperation and information-sharing among agencies.
5. Mandatory Reporting: Require all services to share information when a child is at risk.
6. Introduce Unique Child Identifiers: Implement a system to ensure children are consistently and accurately identified across services.
7. Modernise Police Systems: Upgrade technology to enable seamless communication and prevent missed opportunities.
8. Treat Grooming Gangs as Serious Organised Crime: Employ the same robust strategies used to combat other forms of organised criminal activity.
9. Investigate Declining Reports: The Department for Education must examine why reports of child abuse are decreasing and take corrective action.
10. Understand the Underlying Drivers: Conduct in-depth research into the factors underpinning grooming gangs, including cultural and online influences.
11. Regulate the Taxi Industry: Prevent exploitation by restricting the use of 'out-of-area' taxi drivers.
12. Commit Government Resources: Ministers must allocate funding and ensure measurable progress is achieved.