Elon Musk has said Jess Phillips “deserves to be in prison” over Labour’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into historic sexual abuse by grooming gangs in Oldham. The Telegraph has more.
Elon Musk attacked the decision as “disgraceful” and Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative leader, said a full national inquiry into rape gangs was “long overdue”.
Jess Phillips, Labour’s Safeguarding Minister, insisted it was “for Oldham council alone” to decide whether to launch an investigation into alleged exploitation between 2011 and 2014.
A 2022 report found children in Oldham were failed by agencies that were meant to protect them amid alleged grooming by “predominantly Pakistani offenders” in council homes, shisha bars and by taxi drivers.
Oldham Council’s Labour group last year agreed to support an independent inquiry, writing twice to Ms. Phillips urging the Home Office to support this work.
The Minister replied: “It is for Oldham Council alone to decide to commission an inquiry into child sexual exploitation locally, rather than for the Government to intervene…
“I welcome the council’s resolution to do so, as set out in your letter, and to continue its important work with victims and survivors.”
Responding to a report on Ms. Phillips’s remarks on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk claimed that she “deserves to be in prison”.
Mrs Badenoch also shared her view on the platform on Thursday and said: “The time is long overdue for a full national inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.
“Trials have taken place all over the country in recent years but no one in authority has joined the dots. 2025 must be the year that the victims start to get justice.”
In further posts, Mr. Musk accused Ms. Phillips of a “disgraceful” decision and suggested she had rejected an inquiry in order to shield Sir Keir from blame.
He continued: “In the U.K., serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects.
“Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice? Keir Starmer, 2008–2013.
“Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Stamer [sic]. The real reason she’s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Starmer [head of the CPS at the time].”
Sir Keir ordered a comprehensive review of CPS guidelines on sexual exploitation as Chief Prosecutor in 2012, admitting the service had failed a generation of girls who were abused. …
Sir Keir gave the green light to prosecuting the Rochdale grooming case, the first of its kind, and said in 2023 he was in favour of “anything we can do to crack down on these cases”.
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DickieA
1 year ago
“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive”.
Thomas Sowell
godknowsimgood
1 year ago
So, spending six-figure sums on diversity advisors has been effective – if we use the Covid vaccines definition of ‘effective’.
Imagine how much more discrimination of minority groups there would have been if six-figure sums on diversity advisors had not been spent.
That’s the way we’re supposed to look at things these days. Never mind that there were massively more Covid deaths after mass vaccination, compared with before, in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, as well as increases in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Turkey, it would have been so much worse if we imagine how even more massive the increase in Covid deaths would have been without the Covid vaccines. (The problem with anti-vaxxers is that they have no imagination.)
Congratulations to all the woke diversity advisors for their great success in preventing a massive increase in discrimination of minority groups – that’s an even greater level of success than the Covid vaccines.
Is it really intended to reduce discrimination when people are encouraged to look for every possible difference and then treat it as an injustice? Working as intended.
Jabby Mcstiff
1 year ago
There are obviously many ‘bullshit jobs’ which have been brought into being by the rise of the profesional managerial class. Just remember that this is imposture and they will be nothing in the horror to come. You will be surprised who remains steadfast and who turns out to be a turncoat. Don’t think about it. They will reveal themselves.
awilliam7
1 year ago
The woketards in the NHS are like the woketards in the Civil Service – going their own sweet way and ignoring (admittedly feeble) attempts by Government to stop their money wasting nonsense. Time for he who pays the piper to start calling the tune.
GMO
1 year ago
‘Woke’ diversity advisors’ will always find problems because if they said everything was ok then they would be out of a job.
Its what happened when Personnel became HR and then we saw the explosion in Health and Safety, led by ‘make a claim’ solicitors. All adding cost for deminishing returns.
Last edited 1 year ago by NeilParkin
myk
1 year ago
The NHS never miss an opportunity to spend money on anything but frontline staff and equipment
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“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive”.
Thomas Sowell
So, spending six-figure sums on diversity advisors has been effective – if we use the Covid vaccines definition of ‘effective’.
Imagine how much more discrimination of minority groups there would have been if six-figure sums on diversity advisors had not been spent.
That’s the way we’re supposed to look at things these days. Never mind that there were massively more Covid deaths after mass vaccination, compared with before, in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, as well as increases in Germany, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Greece, Cyprus, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Turkey, it would have been so much worse if we imagine how even more massive the increase in Covid deaths would have been without the Covid vaccines. (The problem with anti-vaxxers is that they have no imagination.)
Congratulations to all the woke diversity advisors for their great success in preventing a massive increase in discrimination of minority groups – that’s an even greater level of success than the Covid vaccines.
“”the trust saw eight out of 13 assessed measures worsen.”” Maybe they should take a look at their measures and the measurement methodology.
What this evidence clearly proves is that more DEI staff are required. It’s not rocket science is it?
On double the pay.
Oh, most definitely. Quality shyte has to be paid for.
Sorry – couldn’t read the rest after ‘NHS’ and ‘Trust’ – laughing too much.
Is it really intended to reduce discrimination when people are encouraged to look for every possible difference and then treat it as an injustice? Working as intended.
There are obviously many ‘bullshit jobs’ which have been brought into being by the rise of the profesional managerial class. Just remember that this is imposture and they will be nothing in the horror to come. You will be surprised who remains steadfast and who turns out to be a turncoat. Don’t think about it. They will reveal themselves.
The woketards in the NHS are like the woketards in the Civil Service – going their own sweet way and ignoring (admittedly feeble) attempts by Government to stop their money wasting nonsense. Time for he who pays the piper to start calling the tune.
‘Woke’ diversity advisors’ will always find problems because if they said everything was ok then they would be out of a job.
Its what happened when Personnel became HR and then we saw the explosion in Health and Safety, led by ‘make a claim’ solicitors. All adding cost for deminishing returns.
The NHS never miss an opportunity to spend money on anything but frontline staff and equipment