Hopeful Tory leader Rishi Sunak says rape gangs are still not being dealt with properly because of political correctness, and that he would set up a task force to tackle the issue.
Printed on the issue of so-called grooming gangs by fellow Tory politicians Esther McVey and Philip Davies on GB News, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer said That “[w]They all know why people don’t focus on it, it’s because of political correctness.”
“They are afraid to declare the fact that there is a certain group of people perpetuating these crimes and I think that is wrong,” he said – ironically proving his own point by describing the perpetrators as “a particular group of people” rather than stating clearly that they are predominantly Muslims of South Asian, mostly Pakistani, descent, and that their victims are predominantly white girls.
“A Conservative government should not let political correctness get in the way of keeping people safe,” he continued, admitting that the rape gangs are “much more pervasive across the country than we all realize” and said that, as prime minister , he would introduce a new life sentence “with very limited parole options” for members of rape gangs, a National Crime Agency task force dedicated to investigating them, and a requirement that police give priority to groomers and their ethnicity captures “what is currently not being done, because that is what people do not want”.
The Tories have claimed that they would make the police report on looking after the ethnicity of members of the bat without going further, while Home Secretary Priti Patel – the minister in charge of the police – has promised to do so, for example mandatory in January.
“We haven’t focused on this topic for too long… We all know why people don’t focus on it. It’s because of political correctness.”
Rishi Sunak speaks with Esther McVey and Philip Davies on GB News about tackling grooming gangs.
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Maggie Oliver, a Greater Manchester Police detective turned whistleblower to grooming gangs, was unimpressed with Sunak “jumping on the bandwagon,” as she put it, to describe his plan to deal with them as “a sound bite…more empty words that aren’t actually put into action.”
About his proposed new task force, she pointed out that “we have” [police watchdog] At the IOPC, we now have internal police investigation departments – and yet they consistently fail to hold senior officers accountable for failing to address this issue.”
Oliver, who is now a foundation who supports victims of grooming gangs argued that there is a real need for a full royal commission to address the fact that the police force in the UK has “collapsed”.
‘This is Rishi Sunak jumping on the cart’
Maggie Oliver calls Tory leadership candidate’s comments about how he would tackle grooming gangs ‘a sound bite’ that ‘won’t turn into action’
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