Posted on 01/14/2025 1:16:42 AM PST by Words Matter
The Clarkson's Farm star has had his say on the saga that's hit headlines.
Jeremy Clarkson has sided with Labour over its decision to refuse an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal - but has suggested the "political correctness" that "shackles the police" needs to be addressed instead.
The 64-year-old delivered his candid verdict on the saga after a bid by the Conservatives to launch a national inquiry into grooming gangs was rejected by MPs last week by 364 votes to 111 votes.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has argued that a number of inquiries have already taken place into the abuse carried out by gangs and that further public inquiries would delay justice for victims.
Two examples include a local inquiry in Rotherham that uncovered 1,400 children had been sexually abused over 16 years, mainly by British Pakistani men, while in Telford, up to 1,000 girls faced abuse over 40 years.
Claims have arisen that some cases were overlooked due to "nervousness about race" while Health Secretary Wes Streeting has since issued a warning about coverage of the scandal by saying inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks inciting violence against entire communities.
The coverage has hit headlines across the globe after X owner Elon Musk unleashed a number of critical social media posts against the government's handling of the scandal.
Jeremy ClarksonJeremy Clarkson has slammed how political correctness has played a part in the saga PA.
It was Musk who Clarkson first referenced in his latest newspaper column when he delivered his thoughts on the developments.
Clarkson disagreed with the Tesla entrepreneur's claims that Starmer was "evil", suggesting that "Two Tier Kier is just daft".
As he delved further in his column for The Sun, Clarkson explained: "I do not believe we need a public inquiry into the grooming gangs.
"Public inquiries are just rooms full of people who deploy mock incredulity in the hopes they’ll end up on the Six O’Clock News. And we simply don’t need a dusty old baroness to tell us what the problem is, because we already know."
The vote for a national inquiry into grooming gangs was rejected last week.
Clarkson then conjured up the image of "a young girl" who goes to the police to complain "she’s been raped by a gang of Pakistani man" only to be dismissed by a constable who tells her to have "a cup of tea" to "feel better".
Diving further into his hypothetical scenario, he said: "Because (the constable) knows that if he reports the crime to his superiors, he will be accused of racism and get cancelled. That’s what has to be addressed."
Concluding his point, Clarkson penned: "We need to remove the shackles of political correctness from the police.
"We need to explain that it’s not racist to investigate a rapist. Do that, and we’re halfway there."
Clarkson's far from the only public figure who's ridiculed the fear of being "cancelled" as a possible reason behind Labour's refusal to launch an inquiry.
Speaking on GB News, commentator Mike Parry unleashed a furious rant at Streeting's aforementioned warning over the rhetoric in the media regarding grooming gangs.
Excerpts:
...a local inquiry in Rotherham that uncovered 1,400 children had been sexually abused over 16 years, mainly by British Pakistani men, while in Telford, up to 1,000 girls faced abuse over 40 years...
“Because (the constable) knows that if he reports the crime to his superiors, he will be accused of racism and get cancelled. That’s what has to be addressed.”
Denying these gangs exist will eventually bite them in the hind end…..hard.
How about justice for the Paki ganrappers.
gangrapers....
He’s so right on
Loved him on Top Gear
Need to deport all of their muzzie imports. They are not your friends. We need to do the same, along with every other illegal
"...Keir Starmer has argued that a number of inquiries have already taken place into the abuse carried out by gangs and that further public inquiries would delay justice for victims."Further inquiries would only EMBARASS the Labour Party as well as those Conservatives who so easily looked away.
For years.
I’ve been posting this list at FR for half a dozen years. The Fake Media on both sides of the pond is complicit in this via lying by omission. If I know about it, how do they not? The answer is they do know, but they knowingly hush it up. In addition to the feckless Brit authorities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telford_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keighley_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aylesbury_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterborough_sex_abuse_case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banbury_child_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_sex_abuse_ring
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploitation_scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_child_sex_abuse_ring
‘Islamophobia’ and the grooming gangs scandal.
Freddie Attenborough, 12 January 2025.
At PMQs this week, Kemi Badenoch told MPs that Labour’s adoption of the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslim’s definition of ‘Islamophobia’ has inhibited public discussion of rape gangs. She pointed out that, according to this definition, anyone who draws attention to the over-representation of Muslims in the grooming gangs is guilty of Islamophobia. This, she argued, is why some members of the Parliamentary Labour Party have been ‘scared to tell the truth’. She’s right, but the problem runs deeper than that.
The definition Mrs Badenoch referred to was drawn up by the APPG in 2018, when the co-chairs were Wes Streeting and Anna Soubry. It issued a report that defined Islamophobia as ‘a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness’ and went on to give examples of how this prejudice manifests itself. The definition was formally adopted by the Labour Party in 2019.
At the time, the report was criticised for defining Islamophobia too broadly. For instance, it says ‘claims of Muslims spreading Islam by the sword’ are an example of ‘classic Islamophobia’. By that definition, Tom Holland’s book on the history of Islam – In the Shadow of the Sword – is Islamophobic. Another example the report gives is accusing Muslim majority countries of exaggerating or inventing claims of genocide perpetrated against Muslims. That would make anyone who disputes Iran’s description of Israel’s military operation in Gaza as ‘genocide’ an Islamophobe – including, ironically, Sir Keir Starmer.
Christian Concern’s Tim Dieppe, in a briefing for the Free Speech Union (FSU) published last year, warned that such a definition could severely curtail free speech, with people biting their tongues for fear of being branded Islamophobic.
These concerns have been brought into sharp focus in the past week because the APPG report gives the example of ‘grooming gangs’ as a ‘subtle form of anti-Muslim racism’.
In the past, this has led to people who’ve drawn attention to the overrepresentation of Muslim men in grooming gangs being branded Islamophobic, even though we have good evidence of that. Data from 43 police forces in England and Wales for the first nine months of last year show that men of Pakistani heritage are up to four times more likely to be responsible for child sex grooming offences reported to the police than the general population.
But when Suella Braverman, then the Home Secretary, highlighted the over-representation of Muslim men in rape gang cases in 2023, she faced significant backlash, including from Ipso, the independent press regulator, which upheld a complaint by the Muslim Council of Great Britain.
It isn’t just the Labour Party that has adopted the APPG definition. Alarmingly, it has been embraced across the political spectrum. The Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, the Scottish National Party, the Scottish Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, and the Scottish Greens have all formally adopted the definition. This means that members of these parties risk being sanctioned if they say anything that falls foul of the definition – including mentioning the religious or ethnic characteristics of the men found guilty in rape gang cases. (The Conservative Party has refused to adopt the definition, citing concerns over its potential impact on free speech.)
In 2022, the GMB Union, which has nearly 600,000 members, was the first trade union to adopt the definition.
The definition has also been widely adopted by local authorities. A Freedom of Information request conducted by Hardeep Singh for Civitas in 2023 revealed that 52 councils in England – approximately one in six – have adopted it. Many of these councils are in areas where grooming gangs have been operating. In these areas, councillors or council workers could face disciplinary action if they speak out against grooming gangs in ways that might be deemed Islamophobic under the APPG definition.
The FSU first encountered this particular restriction on free speech when we defended a district councillor in South Kesteven after she was investigated for allegedly Islamophobic social media posts. The council, which has adopted the APPG definition, conducted an investigation into her comments.
In another troubling case, a local councillor from Boston, Lincolnshire, was blocked from becoming Mayor after raising concerns about Islamic practices in Qatar during the 2022 World Cup. He too was accused of Islamophobia.
For public authorities to penalise councillors for saying things that are not unlawful, but run afoul of the APPG definition of Islamophobia, is a breach of the legal protections for political speech in the UK. Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights guarantees freedom of expression, particularly when it comes to political debate, where speech is given the highest level of protection.
In light of this, it’s reasonable to conclude that one reason there hasn’t been a more open public conversation about the rape gangs, and those who turned a blind eye haven’t been properly held to account, is because potential whistleblowers are worried about being accused of Islamophobia according to the APPG definition.
Given the growing adoption of the APPG definition across various political, governmental, and civic bodies, the risk is that even more voices will be silenced. Worryingly, sources within Angela Rayner’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have confirmed that officials are considering introducing a non-statutory definition of Islamophobia, which could have the effect of further inhibiting public discussion of this critical issue.
This is a dangerous path to go down, one that risks eroding the principles of free speech and open discourse that our democracy depends on
This is a dangerous path to go down, one that risks eroding the principles of free speech and open discourse that our democracy depends on. It’s not just about one political party or one particular issue – it’s about ensuring that all citizens retain the right to express themselves openly, particularly when tackling some of the most pressing issues of our time.
In light of the chilling effect the APPG definition of Islamophobia has had on discussion of the rape gangs, is it time to consign this term to the history books? As Christopher Hitchens said: ‘It is a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.’
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/islamophobia-and-the-grooming-gangs-scandal/
The Jay Report is inadequate. Too narrow AND shallow in scope. It covered only a handful of towns and was very general in the types of CSA it investigated.
It was designed that way so as not to offend the Pakistani Muslim community instead of giving them the proper intense scrutiny they need and deserve.
Farage is right, we need a rifle shot inequiry, not a shotgun shot (except into the kneecaps of the groomers and enablers themselves).
Jeremy Clarkson has sided with Labour over its decision to refuse an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal -“
Tells you all you need to know about this fraud
Thanks for posting.
Concluding his point, Clarkson penned: “We need to remove the shackles of political correctness from the police.
I agree with you. The corrupt worldwide have been using hijrah as one among many weapons against the Judeo-Christian world, irrespective of which denomination one supports. Islam as a weapon is murder against the nations of Dar-al-Harb.
Better watch your back Jeremy as you know how the UK is a far-left oppressive state when it comes to farmers.
“ Jeremy Clarkson has sided with Labour over its decision to refuse an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal -“
Tells you all you need to know about this fraud”
Apparently it doesn’t because you missed why he said that and what it means.
He said that they dint need another meeting where a bunch of old farts maneuver to get TV time. He said they need to let police do their jobs and go after the people doing the raping without fear of being fired for being insensitive to migrants.
Go ahead, read the whole thing again. He’s one of the good guys. If you watch his current show he utterly exposes the bureaucrats who stand in the way of farmers trying to make a living while feeding the people.
Thank you, l was guilty of a knee jerk and l should have known better. Clark has a history of being on the correct side of things.
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