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Labour suspends Trevor Phillips because he identified who made up child grooming gangs

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jadefinch · 09/03/2020 07:21

Trevor Phillips is the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission - and he's recently been accused of 'transphobia' for saying women's same-sex spaces should be protected.

He's now been suspended by Labour for accurately saying that the majority of members of northern grooming gangs, which sexually abused tens of thousands of vulnerable girls, were Pakistani Muslim men.

One of the main reasons why the girls were put at risk was because the police and local authorities didn't want to intervene in case they were accused of Islamophobia.

Labour's war on both women and the freedom to say things that are true is not going away.

news.sky.com/story/labour-veteran-trevor-phillips-suspended-over-islamophobia-allegations-11953457

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Cwenthryth · 09/03/2020 07:42

In his own words

Trevor Phillips: How I fell victim to Labour’s inquisition
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fb566c86-615e-11ea-8024-40a080f12cd1?shareToken=3bc66cb5e7e38837b952e929de569ade

HumphreyCobblers · 09/03/2020 07:39

Just reading about this in The Times.

Horrendous but simultaneously not surprising. An authoritarian cult indeed.

Sacredcauses · 09/03/2020 07:38

Its incidents like this that show that the Labour Party are still not fit to govern.

Trevor Philip's was one of the most thoughtful, fair minded trade union leaders that I have heard being interviewed.

BovaryX · 09/03/2020 07:35

However a certain section of the party also have an authoritarian streak a mile wide

Absolutely. This authoritarian faction will continue to alienate former Labour voters as the Conservatives consolidate the centre

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/da43d5a0-6173-11ea-8024-40a080f12cd1?shareToken

Langsdestiny · 09/03/2020 07:31

There is a tiny part of me feels sorry for the labour party. I think the utter cock up they made of anti semitism has made them react in a really bizarre way to many issues. However a certain section of the party also have an authoritarian streak a mile wide.

MangoFeverDream · 09/03/2020 07:22

And they seem befuddled by their lack of popularity too .... absolute shambles

OhHolyJesus · 09/03/2020 07:22

Wow. Just wow.

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