Damming report on the Child grooming scandal and the failures this is not historic it's happening now, disgusting you think they would have learned by now. Too busy policing social media.

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I posted the BBC link as this is the mildest criticism many of the newspapers are not as kind and quite rightly. However I didn't want to give people the get out "well it's the Mail / Express / Sun blah blah."

No it's not, even the BBC can see it stinks.

Still I have been told that we should trust the authorities that they know what they are doing and it's best left to them.

Edited by Badger11 (01 Feb 2022 3.28pm)

One more point

Yep I am sure if the evidence is there, prosecutions would follow. We should trust the authorities

Given the history of abuse and misrepresentation I have encountered in the past on this subject I have hesitated before making any comment.

Having only read the report on the report I think there are more questions than answers. This enquiry has been running for 7 years already, yet there appears to be little common ground between what they are reporting and what the Police are. Why is this? Are they defining these problems in the same way? If it's true that the Police are under-reporting them and/or under-investigating them, why is this? Is it, as some think, simple inefficiency, or are there deeper concerns caused by under resourcing and a conflict over priorities?

The problems identified are unquestionably of great concern and demand answers. There are though aspects in the reported circumstances which go far beyond the existence of gangs who prey on vulnerable girls in order to exploit them. Why is a school not picking things up? What has created the vulnerability in the first place? Are we seeing the tip of an iceberg of societal breakdown triggered by austerity?

I don't for a moment claim to have the answers. I don't think there are any easy ones, or that we ought to rush to point the fingers of blame at easy targets. That solves nothing.

I'll leave it there and won't be adding any more.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Austerity, you actually believe that causes a certain demographic to rape kids. Jesus wissie you ain't even a bit stupid so don't act like you are.

Goodness me!

I didn't say that, and that anyone could think I did, just confirms why I hesitated in contributing to the debate.

Nothing at all, other than an evil, criminal mindset, causes anyone to rape kids.

My remark was solely about what causes so many girls to be vulnerable. If you don't think that is worth considering, that's OK, but please don't misrepresent what I write.

There is already one poster who routinely does that. The last thing needed is another.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.