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   Macha (macha@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:11:04 JST Macha
   A breakdown of the voting on the amendment for a public inquiry into grooming gangs.
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:18:29 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @macha I have a Lib Dem MP so I've just emailed to ask why he abstained. I would be very interested in his answer. Given that they all abstained, I guess it was a party decision.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:21:46 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma @macha Moral cowardice is what it means, on anything they do this. No courage of convictions, the tripehounds.

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:25:48 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @HebrideanHecate @macha I too suspect some fence-sitting, the penalty for which is splinters up the arse.
     In his favour, he did vote against the assisted dying bill and he has replied to my emails. I'll see what he says. It could be interesting.
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     HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:48:41 JST HebrideanHecate

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma @macha https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/grooming-gang-victims-furious-at-pms-accusation-jktwfmr0w

     Grooming-gang victims furious at PM’s ‘far right bandwagon’ claim The detective who blew whistle on the grooming scandal also says the child sexual abuse inquiry spent just two weeks out of seven years looking at gangs

     Maggie Oliver, who helped expose the failure to tackle paedophile gangs in Rochdale, said that Starmer “clearly still views the victims as a problem” and blamed him for failing to do more when he was director of public prosecutions (DPP). The former Greater Manchester police detective told The Times the previous inquiry into child abuse was a “missed opportunity” and said the £200-million, seven-year probe spent just two weeks looking into grooming gangs.

     https://archive.ph/XgDSh

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 05:51:23 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • HebrideanHecate
     @HebrideanHecate @macha Let's be honest. All political parties fear Islamic reprisals. They fear losing votes, they fear riots, they fear terrorism.
     As Churchill said, appeasement is feeding the crocodile and hoping it will eat you last.