The appalling abuse of young girls by grooming gangs in some our kingdoms, cities and towns has cast a dark shadow over the entire nation. It is now right to revisit what occurred for years in Rochdale, Rotherham, Telford, Oxford, and elsewhere—why it happened and how it was ignored. Shockingly, efforts to address these questions have been hindered by a reluctance to fully investigate, primarily driven by fear of offending particular ethnic minorities.
The young people, vulnerable, victims of organised grooming gangs in Britain deserve better. The scale of the suffering — from Rotherham, where approximately 1,400 youngsters were sexually exploited, to Telford, with reports suggesting that up to 1,000 girls may have been abused — is staggering. Yet, as these crimes were suspected and reported, the response from those charged with safeguarding children was inadequate and, sometimes, equivalent to culpability.
Even now, scrutiny of this outrage is resisted - when Newark’s MP, Robert Jenrick, wisely raised the issue, the Prime Minister disgracefully dismissed it as a concern of "the far right." Such reticence to defend the victims, pursue the culprits, and adequately investigate the root causes of this scandal amounts to a conspiracy of silence. The warped view that it is contentious to accept the racial elements of these horrible crimes creates institutional failure, whereby social services are reluctant to act, police officers are hesitant to investigate, and councils are unwilling to confront uncomfortable realities.
The plain fact is that most of this abuse of young people was perpetuated by depraved men of Pakistani origin. Their prey being almost exclusively white girls, some survivors’ testimonies suggest that racial hatred fuelled the lust of these perverts. It seems that the systemic inability to acknowledge this led to the sustained predation of young white girls in communities that appear to have been oblivious. Crucially, it has led to an irreparable failure in our duty of care for the victims, who surely must always be at the forefront of our considerations and decisions.
This demographic reality forces us to question the root causes of this deviance. Sir Trevor Phillips argued in 2005 that multicultural ideology has created "ghettoisation," segregating subcultures with little grasp of British values. Our dogmatic pursuit of multiculturalism has stymied integration and fostered social disintegration.
It is both necessary and proper that those who choose to come to Britain from abroad recognise our national values and abide by the law. Resultant integration is an inherent tenet on which anyone's residency here should be built.
In the case of grooming gangs, it seems certain that backward assumptions and attitudes, entirely incompatible with those of our nation, particularly with regard to the treatment of women, have been imported. The blind pursuit of multiculturalism has relegated British values as imported foreign prejudices predominate in parts of Britain; grooming gangs being a palpable product of this awful reality.
There must be a full-scale public inquiry into this organised crime. David Cameron, to his credit, acted on this matter, commissioning an independent report on the scandal by Professor Jay in 2014. However, a further investigation is needed to explore the scandal’s racial-cultural roots and, crucially, provide more focus on victims. Every action taken henceforth must promote justice for those who have suffered. In recent times, much of the establishment has been largely silent, if this silence perseveres, we shouldn't be surprised if others act where we do not. The summer riots of 2024 serve as a fair warning of the perils of a lethargic disregard of feelings of injustice.
