To think that Sadiq Khan needs investigated?

Yet you are blaming him over the actual perpetrators.

Ok, you will literally tell everyone he's shit for breathing at this point.

Do you know who's really good at answering these questions? Polanski.
Or do you hate him too?

He did do both, he answered her question.

I think as Mayor he has to be careful because anything he does say gets twisted. Susan doesn't seem to have that problem.

No - it really isn’t victim blamey.
The only victims here are the victims of the grooming gangs
Sadiq Khan is not a victim. He is the Mayor of London

Well - if you’re the Mayor of London you have to care about all communities and you certainly need to answer questions about the most vulnerable.
He’s a politician… he should be able to answer questions .

Absofuckinglutely

Why couldn’t he do both? Why couldn’t he put Hall in her place about the perceived racism underlying her question while also addressing the question? I did it easily. Why couldn’t he?

Do you think my proposed reply? Why couldn’t Khan say the same?

So let's condemn grooming gangs regardless of race. Im completely in favour of that.

And not blame innocent people.

Is that ok?

I don’t see the Mayor of London as the vulnerable person in this situation. So yes - he should be the bigger person

What a weird question.
I’m Catholic. I would always put the safety of children and vulnerable adults before the reputation of the clergy of the church. I would like to think that most of us have learned something over the last few decades

Why is it always on ethnic minorities to be the bigger person when confronted by people who have been openly racist to them?

He chose to frame the question as a racist dog whistle.

A bit victim blamey no?

Khan needs to be dropped can’t stand him.

And for those of you that like to keep throwing out the racist card. The grooming gang members were exactly that racists. Because let’s not forget that it works both ways believe it or not.

I'm objecting to people who use racist dog whistles to then blame the people who don't answer their racist dog whistles.

Oh. It's you again.
🙄

I’m objecting to Khan’s refusal to engage honestly with the question about grooming gangs .
He chose to frame the question as a racist dog whistle.
He should have been the bigger and better person and put vulnerable children first

No - we shouldn’t be able to accuse anyone of anything.
But I do think elected representatives are answerable to things that happen under their watch . ( Not that they’re responsible… just that they need to acknowledge that it’s happening and address it )

Gangs got away with abuse for years in large part because those who were supposed to protect them saw the victims as trash. AND in many (not all) cases the abuse was hushed up in .

It's too simple, and might make future abuse more likely, to see only the cover up as the problem. And those on the fringe who seem to believe that only or mainly Pakistani/muslims commit CSE make the world less safe for all young people.

Of course we should enquure into and understand what happened around the grooming gangs in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford etc in order to prevent future abuse and bring people to account where appropriate. Most people are sensible enough to understand an enquiry into grooming gangs is going to report on grooming gangs without saying all CSE is done in this way. (I am an optimist....)

I've ascertained that you can't call the racist accusers racist.

Otherwise they'll go out and vote reform, and we'll get what's coming to us.

Which is never clearly explained.

Just like any of the racist shit they say.

Does this mean we can accuse anyone of anything?

Shall we accuse Prince Charles or Prince William of abusing children then? Who is exempt from being accused, can you give us a list?

If people can accuse Sadiq Khan of being a nonce (as they have on this thread) then surely anyone is fair game?

And they're not condemning any of the white paedophiles I've posted about. That have, you know, actual evidence against them.

Whose rhetorical question do you mean?

Like the Catholic church?

You condemned that yet?

He didn’t answer the question in January 2025.
I take it you’ve seen the video?

I’d love to know where the explosion of talking/writing like this has come from! It drives me INSANE!! It doesn’t even sound right, yet more and more people are doing it!

Needs to be investigated
or
Needs investigating

So, the definition of slander then? Nice one…

You can’t just whip an accusation out of literal thin air. As previously said, on what grounds.

Wild that people don’t worry about not having to adhere to facts in any way shape or form. We descend into swamp politics.