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To think that Sadiq Khan needs investigated?

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Whatifitallgoesright · 21/10/2025 16:14

Considering the ongoing disclosures of the extent of the Pakistani rape gangs in London and Khans refusal to even acknowledge them do we think he has bought the office of Lord Mayor into disrepute?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2123376/i-exposed-sadiq-khans-grooming/amp

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AzurePanda · 21/10/2025 22:08

@nomas the accusations concerning Khan are in the public domain. In the Express series of articles, repeated by Chris Philp in The Telegraph and picked up elsewhere.

nomas · 21/10/2025 22:06

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 22:05

Noone.

They make stuff up, take out of context and never ever address issues within their own community.

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Yep, standard MO.

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 22:05

nomas · 21/10/2025 22:02

Can you quote who has said that? Confused

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Noone.

They make stuff up, take out of context and never ever address issues within their own community.

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 22:04

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 22:01

Yes.
Please don’t think the only people who care about the sexual abuse of girls are racist…
Many of us are DEFINITELY not racist

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Gary glitter?

nomas · 21/10/2025 22:02

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 22:01

Yes.
Please don’t think the only people who care about the sexual abuse of girls are racist…
Many of us are DEFINITELY not racist

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Can you quote who has said that? Confused

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 22:01

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:57

Thank you. You’ve made the point clearly.

It is more important to some people to not appear racist, or to not let people deemed racist to have a “win” - either a debate “win”, a political “win” or a moral “win” - than it is to deal with harm to women and girls. Women and girls will always be pushed down the pecking order when it comes to people’s moral signalling. It’s the prevailing attitude in Khan, posters here, other politicians, media organisations. It’s disgusting.

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Yes.
Please don’t think the only people who care about the sexual abuse of girls are racist…
Many of us are DEFINITELY not racist

nomas · 21/10/2025 22:01

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:57

No …
but we now know what happened in Rotherham and how and why people didn’t pay attention.
So I’m not as naive any moreand I’m not going to be deflected so easily

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So you think it's ok for people to make accusations without any evidence about Khan as they've done on this thread?

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:59

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:57

Thank you. You’ve made the point clearly.

It is more important to some people to not appear racist, or to not let people deemed racist to have a “win” - either a debate “win”, a political “win” or a moral “win” - than it is to deal with harm to women and girls. Women and girls will always be pushed down the pecking order when it comes to people’s moral signalling. It’s the prevailing attitude in Khan, posters here, other politicians, media organisations. It’s disgusting.

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Do you think Susan Hall cares about the young girls being used in county lines in London? Given she doesn't even know what it is?

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:59

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:57

Thank you. You’ve made the point clearly.

It is more important to some people to not appear racist, or to not let people deemed racist to have a “win” - either a debate “win”, a political “win” or a moral “win” - than it is to deal with harm to women and girls. Women and girls will always be pushed down the pecking order when it comes to people’s moral signalling. It’s the prevailing attitude in Khan, posters here, other politicians, media organisations. It’s disgusting.

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Rolf harris

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:57

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:50

Does caring about children bring groomed mean that you have to let people use dirty dog whistle politics unchallenged?

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No …
but we now know what happened in Rotherham and how and why people didn’t pay attention.
So I’m not as naive any moreand I’m not going to be deflected so easily

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:57

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:43

No, she's a racist because she posted Islamophobic tweets about Khan and endorsed tweets praising Tory minister Enoch Powell and his "rivers if blood" speech.

He had to speak to her knowing that.

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Thank you. You’ve made the point clearly.

It is more important to some people to not appear racist, or to not let people deemed racist to have a “win” - either a debate “win”, a political “win” or a moral “win” - than it is to deal with harm to women and girls. Women and girls will always be pushed down the pecking order when it comes to people’s moral signalling. It’s the prevailing attitude in Khan, posters here, other politicians, media organisations. It’s disgusting.

laetitiarose · 21/10/2025 21:56

We can barely fix potholes are we really going to investigate him? Everything is weird at the moment. I just think the system is rigged against us and that our entire modern political class is so devoid of principles that to call them valueless barely scratches the surface at this point. I haven't trusted them since covid. Our government has just removed Hayat Tahrir al-Sham from its list of terrorist organisations. Do we not remember 9/11. 7/7? They don't care if millions sign a petition saying we don't want Digital ID. Boris Johnson has just admitted on camera whilst smirking that he brought in loads of immigrants mostly male ¥ to suppress wages. I read earlier in the year that convictions of Indian nationals have gone up by 257% from 2021 to 2024 for sex crimes. That's worth it for wage suppression? I guess to some it is. I found out from reading
Dominic Cummings (!) twitter that the government might let China (China !?) buy all of the water supply for London. Why aren't we being consulted? It's all beginning to feel a bit like screaming into a void. Now more grooming gang stuff. I read somewhere about drug grooming gangs. So that's more decay, antisocial behaviour and knife crime. It really feels like the British Empire, knowing its dying, is clawing inward with grimy skeletal fingers to colonise the last patch left that it can, and that patch is our own.

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:55

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:53

It’s misogyny to dismiss concerns.

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Max Clifford

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:54

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:53

It’s misogyny to dismiss concerns.

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It's racist to blame race.

NotBadConsidering · 21/10/2025 21:53

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:38

Fancy blaming race instead someones actual crimes?!

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It’s misogyny to dismiss concerns.

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:52

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:49

Don’t you care about children being groomed in London?
Is it more important to criticise Tories than protect abused children?

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It's important to see who you CHOOSE to accuse and condemn.

And who you remain silent about.

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:50

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:49

Don’t you care about children being groomed in London?
Is it more important to criticise Tories than protect abused children?

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Does caring about children bring groomed mean that you have to let people use dirty dog whistle politics unchallenged?

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:50

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:47

No - he needed to address her question about grooming gangs.
It was an important question- the fact that she may have been asking it for other reasons is irrelevant.
He should still have answered the question.

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Cyril smith?

I seem to remember parliament saying questions about his sexual proclivities were not relevent at this time. Or any apparently.

And let me be clear again.

Khan has been accused of nothing. This is all racist.

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:49

MrsKeats · 21/10/2025 21:45

Quite.

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Don’t you care about children being groomed in London?
Is it more important to criticise Tories than protect abused children?

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:48

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:47

No - he needed to address her question about grooming gangs.
It was an important question- the fact that she may have been asking it for other reasons is irrelevant.
He should still have answered the question.

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He did answer her question. When really she shouldn't even be allowed in the building with her racist views.

Sir Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London): We know in London there are issues about exploitation of young people, but they are not as defined by the Member in her definition of what those types of gangs are.

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:47

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:43

No, she's a racist because she posted Islamophobic tweets about Khan and endorsed tweets praising Tory minister Enoch Powell and his "rivers if blood" speech.

He had to speak to her knowing that.

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No - he needed to address her question about grooming gangs.
It was an important question- the fact that she may have been asking it for other reasons is irrelevant.
He should still have answered the question.

MrsKeats · 21/10/2025 21:45

chocolate08 · 21/10/2025 16:24

I refuse to click on a Daily Express link. I'd firstly say that you might want to consider that the Daily Express are being politically motivated to attack Sadiq Khan, and even more so when the only newspapers to cover this are also from the right, so the Daily Mail, The Sun and of course GB News. From looking at a reliable site, so gov.uk and records of questions to the mayor, this seems to have been dug up from a question asked by that great genius Susan Hall from Jan of this year. How are the facts as you see them, OP? Do you check your sources also?

Quite.

TheGrimSmile · 21/10/2025 21:44

The Daily Express need investigating.

nomas · 21/10/2025 21:44

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:39

Oh FFS
Children are being abused and you are only interested in throwing the “she’s a known racist” card
I don’t like racists but I REALLY don’t like people who use accusations of racism to cover up child abuse

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Who is covering up child abuse?

Starconundrum · 21/10/2025 21:44

OpheliaIsntMad · 21/10/2025 21:39

Oh FFS
Children are being abused and you are only interested in throwing the “she’s a known racist” card
I don’t like racists but I REALLY don’t like people who use accusations of racism to cover up child abuse

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Epstein?