grooming gangs
Ignore the grooming gangs deniers
The racial element of these horrendous crimes is undeniable
The problem with “lies and misinformation”
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Something is rotten in the state of Starmer
The government’s reactionary defensiveness is a mistake
The delusions of “consent”
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No more bloody inquiries
They tend to be a pointless waste of time and money
The liberal establishment is to blame for public outrage
Ignoring and enabling horrendous crimes has encouraged a nativist backlash
The road to Hell is paved with arse-covering cowardice
Good intentions were not to blame for the failure to stop the grooming gangs
The establishment is still denying justice to the victims of grooming gangs
Institutional failures must be exposed and accounted for
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