Sadiq Khan cover up of London rape gangs

Brave women.

Sadiq Khan is an inadequate and a nonce-lover. Nothing new there.

The ability to answer a direct question on the topic would be a start, not that goady nonsense from Khan.

Some curiosity might be a good idea I’d have thought?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5qkq7zex3o

Here is an article from a (supposedly) perfectly respectable source, for those who can't countenance anything but pre-approved media outlets.

'In her resignation letter, external, Ms Reynolds said she felt the inquiry had become "less about the truth and more about a cover-up", while both women raised concerns about the two shortlisted chairs having backgrounds in policing and social services.

Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips denied claims of a cover-up and insisted her government was "committed to exposing the failures" to tackle "these appalling crimes".'

Honestly, yes?

Same way I assume there are drug dealing gangs in every city or rapists or pimps or domestic abusers. Why wouldn't there be? Especially London, by far the largest city in the UK. If any specific form of crime is happening in the UK at all, it is definitely happening in London.

In a city as large as London with a population of around 9 million, yes it's nonsensical to assume grooming gangs aren't operating.

If you don't like the express then what about the BBC?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq8zew2egjvo

Why is it nonsensical? Are you saying we should assume by default that there are grooming gangs in every city, unless there's clear evidence to the contrary?

@WorriedMutha

The Express article references a video in which Khan professes not to understand the question and deliberately conflates grooming gangs with county lines. Unless anyone is arguing this is AI, engage with the substance of the topic. I get really pissed off with those who denigrate the poster because the source is from the right.

I've no reason to believe it's AI but it has obviously been edited between the sections with the questions being asked and the sections with Khan speaking. It doesn't look at all like a single take in which each answer clearly relates to the previous question - there is no sense of natural flow between them and there are flashes of light covering the switch from one segment to the next - so it could be anything. It's clearly been constructed to make him look evasive by focusing on the "please clarify the question" comments over and over again, but it's not at all clear that that's an accurate portrayal of the whole conversation.

And it's not even done very well. I'm surprised you fall for it TBH.

It's not refusing to "engage with the substance of the topic" to acknowledge that gutter media outlets like the Express do this stuff all the time, that they are pursuing an agenda to incriminate SK, and that a heavily edited video in service of that agenda proves nothing.

The idea that male white privilege in a dress and sparkly eyeshadow still trumps community cohesion privilege is darkly funny.

You are absolutely right, whatever it takes to fix it.

FFS it's usually taken as given that the Metropolitan Police are institutionally misogynist and racist, I mean everyone knows that?

@Bringemout I hope to read Home Grown properly myself at some point! I share your sadness that violence against women and girls was never considered a serious enough problem in its own right. But terrorism tends to be a subject everyone cares about. Amazing that even that pales into insignificance if there's the tiniest chance of offending the (incidentally largely middle class and white) men who claim super special identities.

In London, the elected Mayor – Sadiq Khan, is the equivalent of the Police and Crime Commissioner and is responsible for the totality of policing in the capital (outside of the City of London

Would that come under the definition of due diligence?

@Ncforthis2244 what a pathetic response. Never mind women being raped as long as you can make a joke out of it.

Not true at all that the mayor has been singled out. There is plenty of criticism for the MetPol but it is Sadiq's peculiar obtuseness and stonewallying that has caught attention. His attitude stinks and is indicative of an institutional cover up.

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They will be on the case pronto if you can demonstrate Tommy Robinson types are raping and trafficking the cases. Otherwise, crickets.

What the actual fuck! People like you embody the shitty attitudes that has enabled the rape of tens of thousands of girls.

I’ve just started to read Joan Smith’s book on terrorism because it draws a link between violence against women and terror. I think it’s so sad that violence against girls and women in and of itself is not enough for anyone to pay attention. Been feeling really down, I felt really happy after the progress on women's rights with the TRA’s but I feel we are still sliding so badly everywhere else.

Labour’s seeming sabotage of it’s on inquiry just makes me feel fucking miserable. The conservatives could have done this when they were in power. It just feels like as long as it’s happening to females no-one gives a shit. It’s fucking scandalous.

In that case he could talk about the instances they have seen and why he thinks they don’t meet the threshold but that they are taking it seriously and doing something about it instead of making a show of himself like that.

He was absolutely baiting her to say “Pakistani” so he could accuse her of racism. I’m brown, that was transparent and quite sickening tbh, either you give a shit about whats right and decent or you don’t. Little shit.

Wasn’t it the Metropolitan police as well as the mayor who didn’t think the evidence stacked up so why all the criticism for the mayor and none it seems for the Metropolitan police?

I have come to really dislike him.

That was typical Labour and revolting goading

I find it strange how Khan (particularly on MN) seems to hold this mythical position where he will always be defended no matter how bad the state of London is.

I'm not surprised he has been so dismissive of this scandal, because he has been the same on all difficult matters and is more interested at being seen at the front of whatever festival/event is happening in London.

Obviously the rape gangs go back decades so he can't be blamed for lack of action, but he is another on a long list who would rather ignore them.

Exactly this.