without prejudice
OPINIONS
THE VICTIMS’
THE PERPETRATORS
THE ENABLERS
Deputy broadcast editor Natasha Feroze discusses with Spectator assistant editor Isabel Hardman, and Raja Miah, anti-grooming gang campaigner and Oldham commentator.
Isabel Hardman: @IsabelHardman Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and author of Why We Get the Wrong Politicians. She also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.
Natasha Feroze: @NatashaFeroze Deputy Broadcast Editor at The Spectator Magazine
Raja Miah: @recusant_raja Anti grooming gang campaigner described as 'a dangerous man' by senior Labour Party politicians now in government.
Article by Raja Miah:
Why a Public Inquiry Is the Only Way to Uncover the Truth About What Really Happened in Oldham READ ONLINE HERE
THE SPECTATOR: Last night, MPs voted against a new national inquiry into grooming gangs. The vote followed weeks of pressure on Labour after Elon Musk brought grooming gangs back into the spotlight, after safeguarding minister Jess Phillips rejected a new national inquiry.
If we did have a national inquiry, what would it achieve?
We’ve had many in recent years; Iraq, Grenfell Covid, the Post Office.
Do they achieve meaningful justice for victims, or are they a drawn-out way to avoid knotty legislative change?
Does parliament have the mechanisms to enact the recommendations – have politicians ever done this in the past, and is there an appetite to do so in the future?
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