Tuesday, January 14, 2025 -Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom (UK), has blamed 'peasant' immigrants from poor parts of foreign countries for the gro0ming gang crisis.
The Tory leader reaffirmed calls for a national inquiry into
the scandal as she suggested problems came from 'sub-communities' within
countries that were 'very rural'.
In an interview with GB News, Badenoch said 'One is on the
perpetrators' side: where do these abusers come from? There's a lot of
misinformation, there's a lot of generalisation and many innocent people will
end up being grouped in with them,' she said.
'But there is a systematic pattern of behaviour, not even just from one
country, but from sub-communities within those countries.
‘People with a particular background, work background. People with a
very poor background, a sort of peasant background, very, very rural, almost
cut off from even the home origin countries that they might have been in.’
Asked about the Tory leader’s comments, Downing Street said it
was not language Sir Keir Starmer would use.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “It’s not the language
he’s used, or indeed, I’d envisage him using.”
Ms Badenoch has repeatedly clashed with UK prime minister Keir Starmer
over calls for a national inquiry.
The Government has so far knocked back calls for a national review in
favour of locally-led inquiries.
Mrs Badenoch said a national inquiry would shine a light on the truth
and hold people to account.
'This is about those victims who deserve justice,'
she said.
‘The survivors who deserve justice by making sure
that every single perpetrator we can find is caught and brought to justice, and
those who failed in their duty to protect their children are held to account
and exposed.’
Ms Badenoch's comments came after the Labour MP for Rotherham joined
calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs.
Sarah Champion called for a nationwide inquiry that would be led locally
and probe the failings of authorities over grooming gangs.
She proposed a national 'Telford-style' inquiry rolled out by the Home
Office to areas that trigger the threshold for greater scrutiny.
The findings would then be fed back to the Home Office for a national
response.
'Child sexual abuse is endemic in the UK and needs to be recognised as a
national priority,' she said.
'It is clear that the public distrusts governments and authorities when
it comes to preventing and prosecuting child abuse, especially child sexual
exploitation.'
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