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Fiona Goddard fighting battle for justice for grooming gang victims

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Imnobody4 · 22/01/2026 13:15

Fiona seems to be doing a stirling job of fighting for victims rights. There seems to be several threads. Yesterday on GMB an interview
https://x.com/i/status/2014238403806597479

From the age of fourteen, Fiona Goddard was the victim of sustained abuse by grooming gangs while living in a children's home in Bradford. In 2019, nine men were convicted of sexual offences against her and jailed.

This week, Fiona was told that her applications for compensation had been rejected by Bradford Council and West Yorkshire Police.

Fiona talks to @susannareid100 and Richard.

Good Morning Britain (@GMB) on X

From the age of fourteen, Fiona Goddard was the victim of sustained abuse by grooming gangs while living in a children's home in Bradford. In 2019, nine men were convicted of sexual offences against her and jailed. This week, Fiona was told that her a...

https://x.com/i/status/2014238403806597479

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BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 25/01/2026 20:06

1984Now · 25/01/2026 19:36

Gina, I've lost trust in all of them. I'm a long term Tory voter since '83 (other than once falling for Blair's winning smile in '97), and "my party's" ignoring of this toxic scandal is a big part of my drifting from them. Reform's motivation, and I am open to voting for them, isn't likely to be wholly altruistic. I'm not sure Farage et al either care enough or would get this right.
Labour? Here's the thing, you could once have relied on them for any number of social justice outcomes (Hillsborough, Bloody Sunday, fighting Section 28 etc), but not anymore.
And this scandal just goes too deep, a true uncovering would lift up the stone to multifarious Labour skeletons in cupboards, from the integration of malfeasance at local level with the national party, to the party's addiction to multiculturalism and mass migration especially from those countries that they calculated would become a whole new tranche of Labour voters.
I actually think Farage would also fear a brave inquiry with remit to go anywhere.
There's no part of British (un)civic society that isn't culpable to some degree, Farage could actually cause his own downfall as citizens realize the rot is so deep.
Maybe I also only hold this view...but when British girls in care being sexually abused were being first talked about in the 90s, I recall my reaction, many others, and tabloid sentiment...these were girls asking for it, a feral underclass.
Yes, that was a terrible reaction, but I recall it being pretty uniform across the country.
Of course, we weren't really aware of grooming gangs as a phenomenon, but the empathy for girls in care getting into trouble was minimal.
And not just from the men in my circle, the tabloid media generally, and a fair number of women.
I've done a 180 on this personally, part of the journey on black pilling re trans insanity, how much of the country has?

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The idea that Farage and his party would be the champions of women, especially working class women is laughable in the extreme when you look at their voting history and manifesto. Reducing worker's rights, actively voting against (or abstaining from) votes to tighten upskirting and other SA legislation. Loss of our maternity rights through scrapping of the Equality Act (that pesky 'DEI'). The loss of universal healthcare. Removal of checks and balances (regulation) on big business. His flirting with the pro-life lobbyists and discussions of interfering with abortion legislation. He's no friend to women, or the working classes.

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 25/01/2026 20:08

I realise you aren't advocating for them btw @1984Now.

1984Now · 25/01/2026 20:14

I really did miss this, beyond Lowe's announcement 12 months ago.
Good luck to him and the inquiry shining a light.

Pingponghavoc · 25/01/2026 20:21

Australia had similar 'grooming gangs' but the response from the authorities and the media was very different. There was no cover up and laws were changed. I think this was in the late 90s/early 00s.

The cover up has been going on for so long here, and by now involves so many people, that i dont believe we'll get answers any time soon.

1984Now · 25/01/2026 20:30

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 25/01/2026 20:08

I realise you aren't advocating for them btw @1984Now.

I think what we're learning, whether left or right wing, is that no parties have clean hands here. And all have a lot to fear from an open inquiry.
And not just the parties.
I'm sure all those politically correct platitudes from the police etc will stop them being criticized.

GinaWhoLikesADrink · 25/01/2026 20:33

1984Now · 25/01/2026 20:14

I really did miss this, beyond Lowe's announcement 12 months ago.
Good luck to him and the inquiry shining a light.

I had forgotten all about it until it popped into my head today. He's raised £600k to do the work the police and CPS have failed to. Good for him (and Maggie Oliver, of course); I hope they get some justice.

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