Whistle Blower speaks out

[soulman101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJn7m4vwWds

[Omegstrat6]

A lot of media noise around grooming gangs again and only right to question why practically f ck all has been done to change things since the public enquiry but there is also a lot of disingenuous behaviour going on with too many being concerned with trying to score political points rather than genuinely helping to stop such gangs.

As for Raja Miah, yes he got his MBE 20 years ago and promotes himself as an anti-extremist activist with a wealth of experience in this field, but he also clearly has his own agenda and is hardly squeaky clean himself having headed two failed "free schools" where he is alleged to have taken monies out for himself. He slams Labour, Labour members label him "dangerous" and "racist". Tit for tat.

A far more reasoned position in my opinion is made by journalist Tristan Kirk. Having sat through various grooming trials himself as well as covering the public enquiry, he has heard horrific evidence of abuse as well as hearing of the appalling failures of the public bodies involved including local councils and police.

Calls for a further public enquiry however, he argues, may grab headlines but will achieve nothing new and will be both exceptionally costly and lengthy. Far better to actually follow through on the recommendations made by the chair of the 2022 enquiry, Prof. Alexis Jay. The money for any further public enquiry would be much better spent on actually implementing her recommendations and on a crumbling judicial system that has shamefully allowed 380 criminal cases involving ***ual offences to be abandoned in one year alone because a suitable judge or magistrate could not be found.

The failure to implement Jay's recommendations is almost as shocking as the failings that allowed the grooming gangs in Rotherham, Telford and elsewhere to continue to operate for as long as they did in the first place. I'm not saying that Labour are blameless in this but it happened on the Conservative government's watch. All party's should put aside political differences and point scoring opportunities and concentrate on trying to address these heinous crimes properly. ( Oh, and Musk should just f ck off &#128513

[Omegstrat6]

Apologies, for clarification, the reported offences in Rotherham happened between 1997 and 2013 so many occurred during Labour's time in power but I meant that the investigations and failings to respond properly to them fell under the Conservative's tenure.

That the failings of the CPS were a huge part of the reason that some gangs and individuals avoided prosecution is undeniable but to lay it all on Starmer, who worked to change the system to help such cases come to court, seems a little too easy.

[soulman101]

Apologies, for clarification, the reported offences in Rotherham happened between 1997 and 2013 so many occurred during Labour's time in power but I meant that the investigations and failings to respond properly to them fell under the Conservative's tenure.

That the failings of the CPS were a huge part of the reason that some gangs and individuals avoided prosecution is undeniable but to lay it all on Starmer, who worked to change the system to help such cases come to court, seems a little too easy.

No need to apologise, on any subject you need all imformation to know whats going on ,

[Omegstrat6]

No need to apologise, on any subject you need all imformation to know whats going on ,

Very true Soulman!
Hope you are well btw and still playing your guitar. Various issues have meant I haven't picked my own up for a few weeks now but hope to get back into it soon. As well as enjoying playing, I find it quite cathartic as well-takes my mind off other things and not quite as frustrating as watching the Albion can be!😁

[Albionic68]

....... Various issues have meant I haven't picked my own up for a few weeks now but hope to get back into it soon......

Only to be expected really. Those longer monologues of yours won't type themselves ☺️ . Joking aside I hope all's well and that you're plucking away before you know it....... and not on a poultry farm 😉 .

[Dubbag]

Only to be expected really. Those longer monologues of yours won't type themselves ☺️ . Joking aside I hope all's well and that you're plucking away before you know it....... and not on a poultry farm �� .

Strangling chickens.....

[kettering_baggie]

Very true Soulman!
Hope you are well btw and still playing your guitar. Various issues have meant I haven't picked my own up for a few weeks now but hope to get back into it soon. As well as enjoying playing, I find it quite cathartic as well-takes my mind off other things and not quite as frustrating as watching the Albion can be!��

I should get back to playing, too, I have hardly touched either guitar or bass for some weeks now, since my accident before Christmas I have lost enthusiasm for pretty much everything.

[Albionic68]

I should get back to playing, too, I have hardly touched either guitar or bass for some weeks now, since my accident before Christmas I have lost enthusiasm for pretty much everything.

Morning Mike. Won't pry in terms of what happened regarding your accident but I wish you well. Take care chap 😎.

[kettering_baggie]

Morning Mike. Won't pry in terms of what happened regarding your accident but I wish you well. Take care chap ��.

Thanks, Danny, I had a nasty fall, tripped over a kerb in an unlit car park and did considerable dental damage. It pretty much f ucked up Christmas! Just had another session in the dentist’s chair, hopefully that the worst of it behind me now. It just shows how easy it can be to have an incident like that and the damage that can result. Still, there are plenty of people who suffer far worse issues than mine; must stop feeling sorry for myself!