'The report also suggests that local authorities are prioritising racial sensitivities over the safety of vulnerable children'.

That is all you need to know, and what any sensible person has known all along.

The apologists who wish to cloud this issue and would rather focus on the rights and wrongs of Tommy bloody Robinson should hang their heads.
We have allowed a culture of rapists into this country, and telling me that they are British or that other rapists are available does not change that fact. Our authorities should face jail time for their criminal neglect in the name of racial politics.

Excellent post.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Accepting something like this as multifaceted, which is certainly true, but then seeking to describe one short comment on it as the "underlying truth" is to do the report an injustice. The truth is that it deals with a great deal more than that. I realise that won't stop those who have already reached their conclusions believing that it provides all the confirmation they need. Those looking for simple answers will find them. Those who have to find the solutions will need to work a lot harder than that.

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Here we go again! I anticipated this post. Whenever this subject is raised, no matter how calmly and rationally I try to consider issues these kinds of distortions are posted again. I have corrected them countless times, but it seems to make no impact at all.

So let me correct them again, just in case any new readers believe there is any truth in them.

I have never defended the Police response in hiding them from public view, if indeed they did so. I have never even commented on that. I have expressed sympathy for overworked, under resourced police forces being asked to deal with a series of competing priorities. That's very different. I have expressed sympathy for the police having their work interrupted and distorted by rabble rousers like Yaxley-Lennon.

I was aware of some issues a long time ago, but that hardly makes me unique. The scale is only now becoming clearer.

I haven't, and don't, excuse anyone. I look for reasons why the responses have been as they have. If any individual is to blame then the appropriate action must follow.

Of course resourcing could have played a part, quite possibly a significant part. No-one here can possibly judge that, so making any kind of definitive judgement is stupid. We don't have the facts to do so. That political decisions impacted this is undoubtedly true. If resourcing is an issue, then it's the politicians who determine the resourcing.

Of course, I have criticised Yaxley-Lennon and will continue to do so. Far from helping with this situation he has undoubtedly made it worse. YL is not interested in the victims of the rape gangs. He does nothing to help them. For him, they are merely an opportunity to pursue his real agenda, which is Islamophobia. He doesn't want to talk about criminal gang rapists, and their victims. He wants to talk about Muslim, or pakistani rape gangs. In so doing he has stoked up hatred and caused an already suspicious and resentful community to be even less likely to willingly assist the police. It's little wonder the police are so angry with him. Not only that he has made himself rich on the back of the hatred he has created, via "contributions". Now he is attempting to declare bankruptcy, to avoid paying the legal costs awarded against him in a libel case he lost. Involving a Muslim boy! Then there are the many times he has answered his critics with his fists. A real paragon of virtue!

I'll ignore the personal attacks, tiresome though they are, and concentrate on the facts.

I don't call for censorship. That's another distortion. I call for site moderation, just as we have here. Privately owned sites have rules. Countries have laws. Whether individuals like those rules, or laws, is irrelevant. I expect to see hate speech, including racism, homophobia, etc along with calls for violence, or other types of lawbreaking, to be moderated out of social media sites. Speaking freely is fine, so long as it is within the rules and doesn't break the law. As I have said many times the idea that total freedom of speech has ever existed is a myth. We are all bound by the law. Every right has a matching responsibility.

We all await justice for all victims of all crimes, especially these. More important though is the need to ensure that there aren't any more, or at least they are rapidly reduced. That won't be achieved by playing the blame game. It will, and probably already has, force people onto the defensive where they are busy covering their backs rather than protecting the vulnerable. That helps no-one. Learn, eradicate errors, improve.

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Yes they do. If they did so with a brain that hasn't been polluted by prejudice.

Edited by Wisbech Eagle (06 Feb 2022 8.44am)

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Trying reading the report, even just the summary, rather than making assumptions!

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