Badenoch’s call for Oldham grooming gang inquiry backfires

“The problem for Kemi Badenoch is that she was in the Tory government that goes back 14 years to 2010.”

Nigel Farage has said that “talk is cheap” in response to Kemi Badenoch’s calls for an inquiry into Oldham’s grooming gangs, says political correspondent Theo Usherwood.

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[lewis]

I'm sorry but of course we should be investigating these grooming gangs, it's horrendous that this is even a topic of debate

[mrbeancounter]

Times Radio "Tories had 14 years to sort it out"
also if only there had been "journalism" going on for the last 30 years to uncover this!

[helentarry]

Is Times Radio in the pay of the Labour Party?

[Paul-qgiw]

Meantime we cant deport those convicted of these horrific crimes because of Article 8 ECHR and their ‘Right to Family Life’, Horrific.

[GeneralGeneral-os]

This women is so obviously pro Labour, it hurts.

The fawning over Starmer deserving a holiday, ahh what a poor poor man. Wow. Ahh she thinks Starmer deserves to queue jump. Here a test, would she think the same if Boris Johnson did it? No I don’t think so, these people lose their sh#& over the mere mention of Boris.

[richardwinfield]

What an appalling woman . Times Radio should be ashamed of itself .

[jonathanmiller]

You sold your soul for 30 years of nice talking points. Shame. Shame. Shame.

[andrewmac]

I think the WASPI women would testify that Sir Keir was opportuntic when he was in opposition.

[KJ-jspi]

Sunak created the Grooming Gangs taskforce which led to over 550 arrests in one year, and made it mandatory to record the ethnic background of the perpetrators. Badenoch was elected in 2015, she can speak out about this.

[mmouse]

Starmer, as head of CPS, reported to the Tory’ AG from 2010 to 2013.

[utv]

Fair play to Kemi. Let's hope this gains momentum.

[ianashworth]

The Prime Minister, any Prime Minister, should take their relaxation time at Chequers. The job is 365/24 and they must forego so called normal family holidays whilst in office.

[TVA-Z-cd]

I switched off as soon as the pundit described Musk as a 'founder of Tesla', which he isn't. That told me this is misinformation simply insofar as the pundit doesn't actually know what he's talking about. OTOH, the info about Starmer's conduct over the issue as DPP is a useful reminder that he can't really be tainted by this and would have a perfectly good defence to any criticism that might come out in an enquiry.

[martinrose]

Musk says jump, Badenoch asks how high

[ftftyffghfvghfcht]

yeah i suppose the problem is that we all know farage and times radio are part of the exact same establishment that dedicated time to covering this up and ignoring it and are now leaning into it as a career advancing popular right talking point

[johnnymism]

Why does the UK and its politics live for free in the weird billionaires head?

[stickykitty]

Why only the north?
Does Westminster not have grooming gangs too?

[rudycarv]

Does anyone see the distorted narrative of This rubbish channel or it is just me?
It's not their kids that's why